Changes in Arabidopsis leaf ultrastructure, chlorophyll and carbohydrate content during spaceflight depend on ventilation

Annals of Botany

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 503-512

  Musgrave, Mary E ^a,c   Kuang, Anxiu ^a   Brown, Christopher S ^b   Matthews, Sharon W ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Carbohydrate; Chlorophyll; Leaf; Microgravity; Spaceflight; Starch

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0031923312     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1998.0585     Document Type: Article

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