Evaluation of the three-dimensional clinostat as a simulator of weightlessness

Planta

Volumn 203, Issue SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Hoson, Takayuki ^a   Kamisaka, Seiichiro ^a   Masuda, Yoshio ^b   Yamashita, Masamichi ^c   Buchen, Brigitte ^d  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b TEZUKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automorphosis (root, shoot); Chara (rhizoid); Clinostat (three dimensional, random rotation); Gravitropism; Lepidium; Weightlessness (simulated)

Indexed keywords

CHARA; LEPIDIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030764843     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00008108     Document Type: Conference Paper

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