Gravitropism and development of wild-type and starch-deficient mutants of Arabidopsis during spaceflight

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 493-502

  Kiss, John Z ^a   Katembe, W Jira ^b   Edelmann, Richard E ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Biorack; Ethylene; Gravitropism; Microgravity; Spaceflight; Sta tolith; Starch

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; GERMINATION; MUTANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; SPACE FLIGHT;

ETHYLENE; GRAVITATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE SHUTTLES; STARCH;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIORACK; GRAVITROPISM; STATOLITH;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

NASA DISCIPLINE PLANT BIOLOGY; NASA EXPERIMENT NUMBER 9403063; NON-NASA CENTER;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; SHORT DURATION; STS-81 SHUTTLE PROJECT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ETHYLENES; GENOTYPE; GERMINATION; GRAVITROPISM; GRAVITY PERCEPTION; HYPOCOTYL; MUTATION; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT ROOTS; SPACE FLIGHT; STARCH; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0032052621     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1998.1020403.x     Document Type: Article

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