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  • Space Biology
  • Food Science

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  • Long-term space missions require sustainable food production solutions.
  • While lettuce cultivation in space is understood, grain crop quality in microgravity remains under-explored.
  • Understanding wheat quality is crucial for future space agriculture.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effects of microgravity on wheat kernel weight, dimensions, and asymmetry.
  • To analyze the starch composition and cellular structure of space-grown wheat.
  • To determine potential impacts on the baking quality of wheat grown in space.

Main Methods:

  • Cultivating Triticum aestivum L. (Super Dwarf cultivar) in the Lada growth chamber on the International Space Station (ISS).
  • Comparing 100 space-matured kernels with 85 control kernels grown under identical terrestrial conditions.
  • Analyzing kernel weight, area, length, width, starch granule characteristics, and aleurone cell dimensions.

Main Results:

  • ISS-grown wheat kernels showed minor differences in weight, area, length, and width compared to Earth-grown kernels.
  • Microgravity did not increase kernel asymmetry; both space and Earth samples exhibited low asymmetry.
  • Type A starch granules were longer in space-grown wheat, while starch granule width and roundness were similar.
  • The aleurone layer cells were significantly narrower in space-matured kernels.
  • Baking quality is hypothesized to be slightly lower for space-grown wheat due to a different starch type ratio.

Conclusions:

  • Space-grown wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) exhibits subtle but significant differences in kernel parameters and cellular structure compared to terrestrial wheat.
  • Microgravity conditions do not appear to negatively impact kernel symmetry.
  • Further research is needed to fully understand the implications for baking quality and to optimize space-based grain production.
  • A novel, non-destructive method for assessing kernel asymmetry was proposed.