Code
42I13408
Duration
01 August 2008 → 30 June 2012
Funding
European funding: various
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- General biology
- Plant biology
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Agricultural plant production
- Horticultural production
Keywords
food characterization
nutritional value
Plant growth
Project description
The main objectives of this project are to:
Define the requirements for a planet surfaced Food Production and Preparation System (FPPS);
Establish the technical, analytical and operational requirements to perform the metabolic and nutritional characterization of 4 cultivars of 4 crops;
Test 5 food processing steps per cultivar; nutritional and preliminary sensorial evaluation;
Define the basis for development of a plant growth mathematical model
Design a generic controlled plant chamber unit for the characterization of the cultivars.