title: Growing plant in space.
abstract: Space agencies in several countries are planning for the culture of plants in long duration space bases.  The challenge of developing crop production procedures suitable for space projects will result in a new approach of problems we may meet today or in the near future in our common production systems.  You may keep in mind subjects as:  minimizing wastes or pollution problems, saving materials, introductions robotic helps.  Discussion between scientists involved with food production for space programmes and protected horticultural cultivation may open new perspectives.
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706, USA.
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Tibbitts
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Bula
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Tibbits
mesh_terms: D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000254:growth & development; D018504:Ecological Systems, Closed; D004780:Environment, Controlled; D005544:Forecasting; D008021:Life Support Systems; D010945:Plants, Edible / Q000254:growth & development*; D013026:Space Flight / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000639:trends; D014893:Weightlessness