@article{Rhoden:256697,
      recid = {256697},
      author = {Rhoden, Errol G. and Martley, Desmond G.},
      title = {EVALUATING EGYPTIAN PEANUT CULTIVARS FOR USE IN THE SPACE  PROGRAM},
      address = {2001-07-15},
      number = {1883-2017-567},
      pages = {6},
      year = {2001},
      abstract = {As part of the National Aeronautics and Space  Administration's Advanced Life Support program, several  crops are being studied for possible use in bioregenerative  life support to provide a source of nutritious food for  planetary human space exploration. Peanut (Arachis hypogea  L.) is among the list of crops selected for space missions  and is an excellent source of oil and protein. Tuskegee  University is currently studying peanut growth, nutrition  and physiology in controlled environments. For this  research, plants were grown hydroponically using nutrient  film technique (NFT). Peanuts are grown in a soil-less  culture in narrow troughs, and there is an ongoing search  for new and improved, high yielding cultivars that are  adaptable to growing in NFT. The ideal cultivar would be  one with an erect growth habit, concentrating its gynophore  and ultimately, pod production around the roots. The  objective of this study was to evaluate Egyptian peanut  cultivars to ascertain their possible use in future space  missions. Two Egyptian cultivars, 'Giza 5' and 'Hybrid 8'  were compared to the control 'Georgia Red'. Hybrid 8  produced the highest foliage dry weight when compared to  Giza 5 and Georgia Red (224.9 vs. 163.1 and 92.9 g/plant,  respectively). The same trend followed root dry weights for  the three cultivars (16.1, 12.7 and 4.1 g/plant). Pod  count, pod weight and mature seed weights were highest for  Giza 5 and lowest for Hybrid 8. However, there were no  significant difference between the harvest index for  Georgia Red and Giza 5 but both were significantly higher  than Hybrid 8 (0.16 and 0.18 vs. 0.05). Based on this  study, it is recommended not to use Hybrid 8 in further  hydroponics studies but Giza 5 appears to be a suitable  cultivar for the NFT system.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/256697},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.256697},
}