The nutrient delivery system is one of the most important hardware components in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) production in Bio-regenerative Life Support Systems (BLSS) for future long-term space mission. The objective of this study was to investigate the influences of different nutrient delivery systems (aeroponics, hydroponics and porous tube-vermiculite) on the growth, photosynthetic characteristics, antioxidant capacity, biomass yield and quality of tomato during its life cycle. The results showed that the dry weight of aeroponics and porous tube-vermiculite treatment group was 1.95 and 1.93 g/fruit, but the value of hydroponics treatment group was only 1.56 g/fruit. Both tomato photosynthesis and stomatal conductance maximized at the development stage and then decreased later in senescent leaves. At the initial stage and the development stage, POD activities in the aeroponics treatment were higher than other two treatments, reached 3.6 U/mg prot and 4.6 U/mg prot, respectively. The fresh yield 431.3 g/plant of hydroponics treatment group was lower. At the same time, there were no significant differences among nutrient delivery systems in the per fruit fresh mass, which was 14.2–17.5 g/fruit.

营养物输送系统是番茄（Lycopersicon esculentum Mill。）生产中最重要的硬件组件之一，用于未来的长期太空飞行任务的生物再生生命支持系统（BLSS）。这项研究的目的是研究不同养分输送系统（人工，水培和多孔tube石）对番茄在其生命周期中的生长，光合特性，抗氧化能力，生物量产量和质量的影响。结果表明，航空和多孔tube石处理组的干重分别为1.95和1.93 g /果，而水培处理组的干重仅为1.56 g /果。番茄的光合作用和气孔导度在发育阶段均达到最大，随后在衰老叶片中下降。在初始阶段和发展阶段，航空电子处理中的POD活性高于其他两种处理，分别达到3.6 U / mg prot和4.6 U / mg prot。水培处理组的新鲜产量为431.3 g /株。同时，每个水果新鲜营养素的营养传递系统之间没有显着差异，为14.2–17.5 g /水果。