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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is developing a Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) for long-term space exploration in which plants would be one major component. Volatile emissions from these plants may disrupt the proper functioning of CELSS. This research investigated how environmental factors alter the volatile emissions from hydroponically-grown `Waldmann's Green' leaf lettuce. A growth chamber was modified to allow the injection of purified air into a glass enclosure positioned over individual lettuce plants. Air samples from the enclosure were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The lipoxygenase pathway products (Z)-3-hexenal, (Z)-3-hexenol, and (Z)3-hexenyl acetate were emitted following the end of the light period. Mechanical damage also stimulated the release of these same compounds. The design of toxin management systems in CELSS may need to incorporate these findings. Additionally, lipoxygenase pathway products have been previously demonstrated to influence insect behavior and pathogen growth, and may indicate future directions for plant breeding.

243 VOLATILE EMISSIONS FROM LETTUCE GROWN UNDER DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES, LIGHT INTENSITIES, AND PHOTOPERIODS