• From urine to food and oxygen: effects of high and low NH4+:NO3- ratio on lettuce cultivated in a gas-tight hydroponic facility 

      Schiefloe, Mona; Jakobsen, Øyvind Mejdell; Pannico, Antonio; Quadri, Claudia; Kittang, Ann-Iren (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      In situ production of food, water and oxygen is essential for long-duration human space missions. Higher plants represent a key element in Bioregenerative Life Support Systems (BLSS), where crop cultivation can be based ...
    • Perspectives for plant biology in space and analogue environments 

      De Micco, Veronica; Aronne, Giovanna; Caplin, Nicol; Carnero-Diaz, Eugénie; Herranz, Raúl; Horemans, Nele; Legué, Valérie; Medina, F. Javier; Pereda-Loth, Veronica; Schiefloe, Mona; De Francesco, Sara; Izzo, Luigi Gennaro; Le Disquet, Isabel; Kittang, Ann-Iren (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Advancements in plant space biology are required for the realization of human space exploration missions, where the re-supply of resources from Earth is not feasible. Until a few decades ago, space life science was focused ...