title: Germination of white radish, buckwheat and qing-geng-cai under low pressure in closed environment.
abstract: In order to cultivate plants under low pressure in closed environment, the germination rate of seeds of white radish was investigated under low pressure, low oxygen partial pressure and condition of pure oxygen. The result of these experiments showed that the germination rate was affected by the oxygen partial pressure. From this fact, it is possible to lower the total pressure by using only the pure oxygen in germination. Furthermore, the germination rates of seeds of buckwheat and qing-geng-cai were also investigated in pure oxygen for the comparison. Consequently, though tendency in germination rate of white radish was similar to qing-geng-cai, it was different from buckwheat.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki.
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hinokuchi
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oshima
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
mesh_terms: D001274:Atmospheric Pressure; D001937:Brassica / Q000254:growth & development; D019612:Fagopyrum / Q000254:growth & development; D005523:Food Supply; D018525:Germination / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D010100:Oxygen / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010313:Partial Pressure; D031224:Raphanus / Q000254:growth & development; D012639:Seeds / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D013026:Space Flight
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen