IMPACT OF A REAL MICROGRAVITY ON THE PRODUCTIVITY OF TOMATO PLANTS AND RESISTANCE TO VIRUSES

摘要

It was detected that space flight factors increased tomato productivity that is important for using such plants as cosmonauts nutrition in long-term space missions. It was revealed that tomato plants, whose seeds were exposed to long space flight conditions, are more resistant to viruses and have higher polyphenols concentration than in the stationary control.