Gravisensitivity of cress roots: Investigations of threshold values under specific conditions of sensor physiology in microgravity

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1195-1202

  Volkmann, D ^a   Tewinkel, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brassicaceae; cress; graviperception; gravisensitivity; Lepidium sativum; microgravity; mini mum dose; threshold value

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030497472     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.1996.tb00435.x     Document Type: Article

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