Towards a biomanufactory on Mars

AJ Berliner, JM Hilzinger, AJ Abel… - Frontiers in Astronomy …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
A crewed mission to and from Mars may include an exciting array of enabling
biotechnologies that leverage inherent mass, power, and volume advantages over …

Morpho-physio-biochemical, molecular, and phytoremedial responses of plants to red, blue, and green light: a review

M Rehman, J Pan, S Mubeen, W Ma, D Luo… - … Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
Light is a basic requirement to drive carbon metabolism in plants and supports life on earth.
Spectral quality greatly affects plant morphology, physiology, and metabolism of various …

SpeedFlower: a comprehensive speed breeding protocol for indica and japonica rice

PG Kabade, S Dixit, UM Singh, S Alam… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
To increase rice yields and feed billions of people, it is essential to enhance genetic gains.
However, the development of new varieties is hindered by longer generation times and …

[HTML][HTML] Addition of green light improves fruit weight and dry matter content in sweet pepper due to greater light penetration within the canopy

J Lanoue, C Little, D Hawley, X Hao - Scientia Horticulturae, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of artificial light to supplement natural light is essential for successful greenhouse
winter production in regions with low natural sunlight to meet the increasing consumer …

Formulation of Brevibacillus agri and compost to improve growth and phytochemicals compound of Piper caninum herbal plant

NL Suriani, DN Suprapta, K Perveen… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Most herbal plant farming operations still rely on conventional methods, negatively
impacting human health and the environment. However, by using rhizobacteria to boost the …

Manipulation of light quality is an effective tool to regulate photosynthetic capacity and fruit antioxidant properties of Solanum lycopersicum L. cv.'Microtom'in a …

E Vitale, V Velikova, T Tsonev, G Costanzo, R Paradiso… - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
Light quality plays an essential role in setting plant structural and functional traits, including
antioxidant compounds. This paper aimed to assess how manipulating the light spectrum …

Agroforestry versus agrivoltaic: spectral composition of transmitted radiation and implications for understory crops

A Rosati, K Proctor, A Dazaea, M Graham, S Ates… - Agroforestry …, 2023 - Springer
In both agroforestry and agrivoltaics, crops are cultivated under the shade of a top story layer
of trees and photovoltaic (PV) panels, respectively. However, the quality (ie spectral …

Effects of light spectral quality on the micropropagated raspberry plants during ex vitro adaptation

IG Tarakanov, AA Kosobryukhov, DA Tovstyko… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
This work focuses on developing light environments for the effective regulation of
morphogenesis and ex vitro conditions adaptation in micropropagated raspberry plants on …

Green light is similarly effective in promoting plant biomass as red/blue light–a meta-analysis

Y Chen, Z Bian, LFM Marcelis… - Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Whether green light promotes or represses plant growth is an unresolved but important
question, warranting a global meta-analysis of published data. We collected 136 datasets …

On the pros and cons of red photons for greenhouse tomato production: Increasing the percentage of red photons improves LED efficacy but plant responses are …

P Kusuma, T Ouzounis, D Hawley… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Supplemental lighting is necessary for winter greenhouse tomato production, and optimised
spectra must consider both yield and energy use. In a 20-week winter greenhouse …