LED lighting technology enables interstellar traveler himself cultivated plants

　　According to foreign media reports, Mike Dixon from the University of Guelph is leading a research team working on a research and development of LED technology, this technology enables the most efficient speed astronauts in space to grow food. If we want to achieve even more distant planet Mars manned missions, we must overcome a number of important technical obstacles. Construction of a one of the issues can be sent to the spacecraft astronauts extrasolar star systems but we need to face. Ensure that there is enough food journey for astronaut food is almost a daunting challenge.

　　University of Guelph scientists are testing the use of LED light sources in space, the possibility of rapid cultivation of plants, the study or allow astronauts in the next 15 to 20 years in space, fast growing food.

　　The research team is studying the use of LED grow the plant optimization techniques, they value most is the LED lighting efficiency. Because when a shortage of resources, you can get a lot less energy on photon. LED lights can be used to generate specific wavelength necessary for the growth of plants.

　　The researchers used in the experiment for testing lettuce because such plants are easy to grow and grow rapidly. The results will help researchers improve the growth of more nutritious crops, such as strawberry and cherry fruits. Dixon believes that peculiar method of LED light sources will be applied 15 to 20 years, so a lot of real astronauts planted in space, perhaps it is not too late for the Mars mission.