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Microwave Effects on Plant Growth
Dana Rogoff, laboratory assistant, uses microwave intensity meter while Dr. Jay Skiles of NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., holds probe. NASA scientists are about to test that hypothesis by evaluating the effects of continuously beaming weak microwaves on alfalfa plants during laboratory tests. Microwaves derived from solar power and transmitted by orbiting satellites to electric power stations on Earth may someday enable U.S. energy self-sufficiency, but is this method safe for local plant life?
| meter measuring chlorophyll concentration non-destructively. | |
| Dana Rogoff, laboratory assistant, uses microwave intensity meter while Dr. Jay Skiles of NASA Ames Research Center, holds probe. | |
| Dr. Jay Skiles holding probe during laboratory tests. | |
| Dr. Jay Skiles evaluating the effects of continuously beaming weak microwaves on alfalfa plants during laboratory tests. | |
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