Astroculture ™ root metabolism and cytochemical analysis

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 315-318

  Porterfield, D M ^a   Barta, D J ^b   Ming, D W ^b   Morrow, R C ^c   Musgrave, M E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c Orbital Technologies Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BRASSICA; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; METABOLISM; NASA DISCIPLINE PLANT BIOLOGY; NASA EXPERIMENT NUMBER 9600004; NON-NASA CENTER; PLANT ROOT; SHORT DURATION; SPACE FLIGHT; STS-63 SHUTTLE PROJECT; WEIGHTLESSNESS; WHEAT;

NASA DISCIPLINE PLANT BIOLOGY; NASA EXPERIMENT NUMBER 9600004; NON-NASA CENTER;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; SHORT DURATION; STS-63 SHUTTLE PROJECT;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; BRASSICA; OXYGEN; PLANT ROOTS; SPACE FLIGHT; TRITICUM; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0033641922     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(99)00578-5     Document Type: Article

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