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Cary A. Mitchell

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

Established · publishing since 1974Rising activity

Publications

202

Citations

3,844

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

53

Publishing since 1974

Research summary
AI-generated

Cary A. Mitchell's research centers on growing food crops in controlled environments, especially for spaceflight applications like the International Space Station. Work includes studying how light quality, fertilizer formulation, and harvest methods affect the yield, nutrition, and microbial safety of crops such as lettuce, mizuna, and tomatoes grown in space-based growth chambers. Note: some listed publications on cement carbonation and salt rubble mechanics appear unrelated to this research area and may reflect a data mismatch rather than this PI's actual work.

Controlled-environment agriculture and indoor farmingSpaceflight food production (NASA/ISS crop systems)Effects of light quality on plant growth and nutritionFertilizer and substrate management for crop yieldPost-harvest crop quality and microbial safety in space environments

Publication output has been relatively steady at 1-3 papers per year for most of the past decade, with a notable increase to 4-5 papers per year in 2024-2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.8/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 2 publications182019: 3 publications192020: 3 publications202021: 1 publication212022: 2 publications222023: 2 publications232024: 4 publications242025: 5 publications5252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • HortScience×4
  • Life Sciences in Space Research×4
  • NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA)×3
  • Elsevier eBooks×2
  • Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science×2
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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