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Carbon balance and productivity of Lemna gibba, a candidate plant for CELSSThe photosynthesis and productivity of Lemna gibba is analyzed for CELSS based plant growth. Net photosynthesis of Lemna gibba is determined as a function of incident photosynthetic photon flux (PPF), with the light coming from above, below, or from both directions. Light from below is about 75 percent as effective as from above when the stand is sparse, but much less so with dense stands. High rates of photosynthesis are measured at 750 micromol / sq m per sec PPF and 1500 micromol/ mol CO2 at densities up to 660 g fresh weight (FW)/ sq m with young cultures. The analysis includes diagrams illustrating the net photosynthesis response to bilateral lighting of a sparse stand of low assimilate Lemna gibba; the effect of stand density on the net photosynthesis response to bilateral lighting of high assimilate Lemna gibba; the net photosynthesis response to ambient CO2 of sparse stands of Lemna gibba; and the time course of net photosynthesis and respiration per unit chamber and per unit dry weight of Lemna gibba.
Document ID
19900028375
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Gale, J.
(Jerusalem, Hebrew University Israel)
Smernoff, D. T.
(Stanford University CA, United States)
Macler, B. A.
(Hebrew Univ. Jerusalem, Israel)
Macelroy, R. D.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1989
Publication Information
Publication: Natural and Artificial Ecosystems, Espoo, Finland, July 18-29, 1988) Advances in Space Research
ISSN: 0273-1177
Subject Category
Man/System Technology And Life Support
Accession Number
90A15430
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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