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Multispectral Plant Health Imaging System for Space Biology and Hypobaric Plant Growth Studies
- Source :
- Insciences Journal. :24-43
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Insciences Organization, 2013.
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Abstract
- Ensuring high plant yields is critical for the application of higher plants to space- based biological life support systems. An imager capable of monitoring several fluorescent biological markers in real-time would provide a robust health monitoring system and allow growers to minimize environmental stressors. This article reports the results of the design and development of a multispectral plant health imager prototype, employed in a low- pressure plant growth chamber as a test of its functionality in spaceflight systems. Images were collected every four hours with a monochromatic camera and a commercial liquid crystal tunable filter. This arrangement permitted the monitoring of emission from introduced green fluorescent proteins as well as chlorophyll fluorescence. Data were saved locally and accessed in real-time from the exterior of the chamber.
Details
- ISSN :
- 1664171X
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Insciences Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........67c32b3aef442a9c711d23b853ba66c5