Structure of potato tubers formed during spaceflight

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 48, Issue 317, 1997, Pages 2037-2043

  Croxdale, Judith ^a   Cook, Martha ^a,d   Tibbitts, Theodore W ^a   Brown, Christopher S ^b   Wheeler, Raymond M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

^c KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Microgravity; Potato tuber; Spaceflight

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0031436851     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/48.12.2037     Document Type: Article

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