| no evidence of adverse effects on germination, emergence, and fruit yield due to space exposure of tomato seeds. | seeds of 'rutgers california supreme' tomato (lycopersicon esculentum mill.) were exposed to outer space conditions aboard the long duration exposure facility (ldef) satellite in the space exposed experiment developed for students (seeds) project of the national aeronautics and space administration (nasa). seeds aboard the ldef were packed in dacron bags forming four layers per sealed canister. some of these seeds were used in oklahoma and florida for studies of germination, emergence, and fruit ... | 1996 | 11539352 |