LaShelle E. Spencer, Mary E. Hummerick
Several dwarf tomato and pepper varieties were evaluated under ISS-simulated growth conditions with the goal of selecting those with the best growth, nutrition, and organoleptic potential for use in a pick and eat salad crop system on ISS and future exploration flights. Testing included six cultivars of tomato and six cultivars of pepper. Plants were grown to an age sufficient to produce fruit, and various metrics including plant sizes, yields, and nutritional attributes were measured. The three down-selected cultivars for each species were evaluated for sensory attributes. For tomato, the ranking was 1) cv. Mohamed, 2) cv. Red Robin, and 3) cv. Sweet ’N’ Neat, while for pepper, the rankings were 1) cv. Pompeli, 2) cv. Red Skin, and 3) cv. Fruit Basket. These rankings provide a good starting point for conducting higher fidelity testing with these crops, aiming to find suitable candidates for conducting agriculture in microgravity environments.
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