title: [Results of salad machine experiment within the MARS-500 project].
abstract: The salad machine experiment was aimed to fulfill performance testing of a prototype of space conveyor-type cylindrical greenhouse PHYTOCYCLE-SL, to study growth and development of plants, and to evaluate microbial contamination of equipment in the closed manned environment. Crops of leaf cabbage Brassica chinensis L., cultivar Vesnianka were raised in the time interval between MARS-500 days 417 and 515. The greenhouse proved it serviceability demanding 17 min/(man x d) in the normal mode. Most likely that the slow growth rate and deviations in plant morphology were caused by the presence of volatile pollutants in the greenhouse compartment Accumulation of micromycetes was observed at the sites of humid surfaces contact with ambient air; reduction of the artificial soil area contacting with air decreased population of micromycetes in 40 times. Cabbage leafs were free of pathogenic microflora. These results of the experiment helped develop recommendations on how to work out some units and systems in projectable greenhouse VITACYCLE-T
authors: Iu A
authors: IuA
authors: Berkovich
authors: A N
authors: AN
authors: Erokhin
authors: N V
authors: NV
authors: Ziablova
authors: A S
authors: AS
authors: Krivobok
authors: N M
authors: NM
authors: Krivobok
authors: S O
authors: SO
authors: Smolianina
authors: L N
authors: LN
authors: Mukhamedieva
authors: A A
authors: AA
authors: Pakhomova
authors: N D
authors: ND
authors: Novikova
authors: S V
authors: SV
authors: Poddubko
authors: I V
authors: IV
authors: Korsak
mesh_terms: D000389:Air Conditioning; D001419:Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development; D018533:Biomass; D001937:Brassica / Q000382:microbiology / Q000502:physiology*; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D018504:Ecological Systems, Closed; D006801:Humans; D006813:Humidity; D008021:Life Support Systems / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000254:growth & development; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000382:microbiology / Q000502:physiology*; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000382:microbiology / Q000502:physiology*; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry; D013026:Space Flight
chemical_list: D012987:Soil