Plant Research and Development

Photos showcasing scientists examining plant growth in laboratories, including seedlings and experimental setups related to botany.

Scientist planting glowing plant

Research testing on poplar trees

Cocoons of larvae of medicinal Leeches deposited on the ground

Plants, test tubes and biology for medical research for botanist, scientist and study in lab. Equipment, science and laptop for academic, education and learning with biotechnology, ecology and nature

Farmer examining zucchini seedlings in greenhouse

Study on opportunistic infections with Burkholderia cepacia complex using Zebra Fish embryos

Kohlrabi plants (Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes) Root ball

Soil in male gardener's hands

A beekeeper in a beekeeping suit with face protector checking and opening his hives.

Man holding Zamioculcas Zamiifolia plant while examining roots standing at home

XROOTS Status check. iss068e018681 (Oct. 25, 2022) - View of tomatoes growing in the eXposed Root On-Orbit Test System (XROOTS) facility. The tomatoes were grown without soil using hydroponic and aeroponic nourishing techniques to demonstrate space agricultural methods to sustain crews on long term space flights farther away from Earth where resupply missions become impossible.

Scientist inspecting aquaponic greenhouse with virtual reality goggles

Soil test in tomato vegetable garden

Black Garden Ant (Lasius niger) exposed nest showing workers and cocoons, Monmouth, Wales, September

Soil test - measuring temperature and moisture content. Greenhouse effect and global warming concept.

Planting potatoes in small bio garden.

female gardener examining plants at greenhouse

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Measurement the natural radioactivity concentration levels in vegetables

iss064e008675 (Nov. 30, 2020) --- Radish leaves cut from the bulb are attached to a work area in the Harmony module and spread out for photography after being harvested. Radish plants were grown aboard the International Space Station during a four week period for the Plant Habitat-02 experiment that seeks to optimize plant growth in the unique environment of space and evaluate nutrition and taste of the plants.

Didactic illustration representing vegetable nutrition. At night (left part), the stomata being closed, the plant absorbs O2 and releases CO2. The day (right part), when the leaf stomata are open, the leaves take CO2 from the air, water and minerals are taken from the roots in the soil. During photosynthesis, the plant cell and especially the chloroplasts, thanks to the light energy, produce organic matter as well as oxygen from absorbed mineral salts, water and CO2..The plant cell also stores toxic materials in vacuoles, or cell walls.

Jess Bunchek, a veggie plant scientist and pseudonaut, harvests mizuna mustard inside the Veggie harvest chamber in the Space Station Processing Facility at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 19, 2019, as part of the Experiment Verification Test for the VEG-04B mission that will launch to the International Space Station later this year. VEG-04B examines the interactions between light and spaceflight by growing plants under two different LED lighting conditions. A similar harvest will be conducted on the space station after a grow-out duration of 56 days. The VEG-04B mission is expected to provide fresh food, sensory stimulation and help mark the passage of time in the confined and isolated environment of the space station. Ultimately, fresh vegetables grown in space will be an essential supplement to the crews pre-packaged diet, prepping them for long-duration space exploration.

Seedling potting, drawing.

iss064e006453 (Nov. 27, 2020) --- Radish plants are pictured growing for the Plant Habitat-02 experiment that could help optimize plant growth in the unique environment of space and evaluate nutrition and taste of the plants.

Transgenic Tobacco France

The fertile loamy soil for planting with the iconic technology in soil is the essential food of plants.

Measuring radiation levels of vegetable

In the Space Life Sciences Laboratory at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, student interns are joining agency scientists, contributing in the area of plant growth research for food production in space. The agency attracts its future workforce through the NASA Internship, Fellowships and Scholarships, or NIFS, Program.

Dwarf wheat were photographed aboard the International Space Station in April 2002. Lessons from on-orbit research on plants will have applications to terrestrial agriculture as well as for long-term space missions. Alternative agricultural systems that can efficiently produce greater quantities of high-quality crops in a small area are important for future space expeditions. Also regenerative life-support systems that include plants will be an important component of long-term space missions. Data from the Biomass Production System (BPS) and the Photosynthesis Experiment and System Testing and Operations (PESTO) will advance controlled-environment agricultural systems and will help farmers produce better, healthier crops in a small area. This same knowledge is critical to closed-loop life support systems for spacecraft. The BPS comprises a miniature environmental control system for four plant growth chambers, all in the volume of two space shuttle lockers. The experience with the BPS o

Plant sapling cannabis growing in pot with LED grow light

Measuring radiation levels of vegetable

Paleontologist releasing the fossil of a Sarcosuchus Niger

Pflanzenwachstum. Little Green Sprout Seedling Germination aus Seed Plant Growth. Little Green Sprout Seedling Germinating from Seed. Tree Shoot in Soil LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeriixStoikax 23325311

A girl is looking at purple flowers with a magnifying glass.

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Technology

Measuring radioactivity

Botanist experiencing virtual reality by plants at nursery

A soil meter in the hands of a farmer man.

Senior farmer in a field examining ears with magnifier

architectural model building training students

One of Larry Foster's rockets after landing, with damage started by a minor failure with the engine, during Springfest '06 in Jean Dry Lake.

Lashelle Spencer, plant scientist with the Laboratory Support Services and Operations (LASSO) contract at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida, takes measurements on ‘Red Robin dwarf tomato plants, Jan. 10, 2019, inside a laboratory in the spaceports Space Station Processing Facility. The tomatoes are growing from seeds that have been exposed to simulated solar particle radiation. The plants edible mass and nutrients will be measured and compared to those of a control crop, grown from non-irradiated seeds. The project was designed to confirm that nutritious, high-quality produce can be reliably grown in deep space, or to provide a baseline to guide development of countermeasures to protect future crop foods from radiation during missions beyond low-Earth orbit. The investigation on space radiation impact on seeds and crop production also will be carried on the Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE) platform outside the station, supported NASAs Space Technology M

Beekeeper at work inspecting a honeycomb frame

Edge of the cone field viewed from close up

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Sowing in a seedbed, drawing.

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Close-Up of Hunt for Egg Pods. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Turtle Mountain Agency. 7/1/1910-9/17/1947. Photographs

The Oregon State University Mars Rover Team's robot is seen during level one competition at the 2014 NASA Centennial Challenges Sample Return Robot Challenge, Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Mass. Eighteen teams are competing for a $1.5 million NASA prize purse. Teams will be required to demonstrate autonomous robots that can locate and collect samples from a wide and varied terrain, operating without human control. The objective of this NASA-WPI Centennial Challenge is to encourage innovations in autonomous navigation and robotics technologies. Innovations stemming from the challenge may improve NASA's capability to explore a variety of destinations in space, as well as enhance the nation's robotic technology for use in industries and applications on Earth.

Agriculture research, conceptual image

Science research

African teak (Pericopsis elata), afromosia, afrormosia hardwood cross-cut, cross section showing annual growth rings, tree rings

Plants in lab. Genetic modifications on plants in lab

iss064e041150 (March 11, 2021) --- Plants are pictured growing inside a container for the Asian Herbs study. The space botany investigation is exploring ways to cultivate fast-growing plants used for traditional medicine and food flavoring.

Horse / Equine roundworms (Parascaris equorum) in horse dung, France

Measuring radiation levels of vegetable

Cone-shaped trap of an antlions (Myrmeleontidae)

iss064e038852 (March 1, 2021) --- Extra Dwarf Pak Choi plants are pictured growing inside the Veggie space botany research facility aboard the International Space Station. The Veg-03 investigation is exploring how to grow food in space and assesses the impact of space gardening on crew morale and mood.

DEU, 2011: Roman Snail, Escargot Snail, Edible Snail (Helix pomatia) closing its nest with soil.

Asterophyllites plant from the Carboniferous period.

Rain water samples at Matorova station. . Part of a global programme for monitoring and assessing chemical composition and related physical characteristics of the global background atmosphere. Including greenhouse gas, inorganic ions, trace metals, mercury, methane and other persistant organic pollutants.

Spraying a milk-based powdery mildew treatment

The site where the sky disc was found is about three kilometres from the Nebra Ark Visitor Centre on the Mittelberg plateau. There, a 30-metre-high tower tilted at an angle of 10 is directed towards the site along the north-south axis, like the hand of an oversized sundial

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Young man checking the roots of a succulent plant

PH meter digital device pricked in the soil. Cabbage plants.

The Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 24 Commander Alexander Skvortsov and Flight Engineers Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Mikhail Kornienko near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. Russian Cosmonauts Skvortsov and Kornienko and NASA Astronaut Caldwell Dyson, are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 23 and 24 crews.

QiGong-Feng Shui Square, the first scientifically investigated energy space of the earth by Prof. Karl-Heinz Kerll, Oberstdorf, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Seedbank vaults with drawers of seeds. .

Astronaut Scott Kelly initiated VEG-01 B, the second crop of lettuce, on July, 8, 2015, and both Kelly and Astronaut Kjell Lindgren cared for the plants. The crop grew for 33 days. VEG-01 B included one set of six plant pillows planted with red romaine lettuce seeds. On Aug. 10, 2015, the crew harvested and consumed leaves from each plant. This was the first crop grown and consumed in NASA hardware. They harvested the rest of the plant tissue and froze it in the stations Minus Eighty-Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI) for return to Earth for further study including microbial analysis, antioxidant capacity, mineral analysis and anthocyanin concentration.

Cross section of tree trunk showing growth rings

Heterophylly falsestarwort root (Pseudostellariae radix), excised, object

Animal Bones at Mud Cracked Ground Top view of dead mammal skeleton at mud cracked surface patterned ground Copyright: xZoonar.com/DanielxFerreira-LeitesxCiccarinox 10597720

Zinnia seeds grown in the Veggie plant growth system on the International Space Station were planted and are growing in the Veggie Laboratory in the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 27, 2018.

Soil forming a question mark

Soil texture background, Fertile loam soil suitable for planting.

An example of oxidation, which is the loss of electrons or an increase in oxidation state by a molecule, atom, or ion. Dated 21st Century

Man changing aquarium water using siphon hose and jar

Original photo and caption dated October 8, 1991: "Plant researchers Lisa Ruffe and Neil Yorio prepare to harvest a crop of Waldann's Green Lettuce from KSC's Biomass Production Chamber (BPC). KSC researchers have grown several different crops in the BPC to determine which plants will better produce food, water and oxygen on long-duration space missions."</i

topographic maps and flask whiskey

Raw rubber ficus elastica collected from rubber plant Kottayam Kerala India Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

QiGong-Feng Shui Square, the first scientifically investigated energy space of the earth by Prof. Karl-Heinz Kerll, Oberstdorf, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Salt tolerant plants studied as source of alternative aviation fuel in the Green Lab Research Facility - Salicornia Virginica

A red V shape packet of Amblyseius andersoni mite predators on conservatory plant to control pest mites

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