Gravitropic responses of the Avena coleoptile in space and on clinostats. IV. The clinostat as a substitute for space experiments

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 210-214

  Brown, Allan H ^a   Johnsson, Anders ^b   Chapman, David K ^c   Heathcote, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Avena; clinostat; gravitropism; microgravity; space

Indexed keywords

AVENA; AVENA COLEOPTILE;

EID: 0030481832     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1996.980126.x     Document Type: Article

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