Table 3 Gravity treatments and replicates.

From: Wolffia globosa, a novel crop species for protein production in space agriculture

Treatment

Label

Facility

Clone

Replicates

Note

Control (1 g)

CO

Static Gondola

All

12

Plants grown under normal gravity

Hypergravity

4 g

LDC

All

12

Plants exposed to a gravity level of 4 g

Control (1 g)

CO-RPM

Incubator

All

12

Plants grown under normal gravity. Temperature and light recipes replicated from the Simulated microgravity treatment.

Simulated Microgravity

RPM

RPM

All

12

Plants grown under simulated gravity

  1. Protein extraction and quantification.