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CELSS Research: Interaction between Space and Terrestrial Approaches in Plant Science

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Plant Production in Closed Ecosystems

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Sustainable functioning of Life Support System in Space, is based on the concept of Artificial Ecosystem associating producer (plants) and consumer (men) compartments, with a recycling process of wastes. During the last 10 years, the main of studies have concerned the exploration of the limits of plant productivity. Very high yields were obtained in continuous and high lighting, without reaching any limit. Nutrition concepts were renewed. CELSS activities induce now a development in the techniques of image processing applied to plants in order to follow growth, to detect stresses or diseases or to pilot harvesting robots. New equipments were developed. The C23A system (Chambres de Culture Automatiques en Atmosphere Artificielle) is described as an example of closed growth chamber system. It is liable to quantify the main exchanges of matter between plant canopies and above or underground environments. Advantages of closure are emphasised in comparison with open flow systems. The interest of multiple systems is illustrated by the twin chambers method able to compare growth rates, or environmental effects on plants, at the 1% level.The concept of Artificial Ecosystems developed for space project is more and more taken into account by the scientific community. It is considered as a new tool to study basic and applied problems related to ecology and not only concerned by space research. An accurate example concerns the effect of CO2 enrichment on the system Plants-SoilMicro-organisms.

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André, M., Chagvardieff, P. (1997). CELSS Research: Interaction between Space and Terrestrial Approaches in Plant Science. In: Goto, E., Kurata, K., Hayashi, M., Sase, S. (eds) Plant Production in Closed Ecosystems. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8889-8_15

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