Influence of microgravity on ultrastructure and storage reserves in seeds of Brassica rapa L.

Annals of Botany

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 851-859

  Kuang, Anxiu ^a   Xiao, Ying ^b   McClure, Gloria ^b   Musgrave, Mary E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassica; Microgravity; Protein bodies; Seed development; Spaceflight; Starch; Storage reserves

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICA RAPA;

EID: 0033823577     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.2000.1153     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Development of protein bodies and accumulation of carbohydrates in a soybean (Leguminosae) shriveled seed mutant
2. Development of protein bodies in cotyledons of Fagus sylvatica
3. Source-sink alteration affect the number of cells in soybean cotyledons
4. Plants in space
5. Protein storage bodies and vacuoles
6. The ultrastructure of seeds of some Brassica species. New sources of seed protein
7. Control of seed development in Arabidopsis thaliana by atmospheric oxygen
8. Modification of reproductive development in Arabidopsis thaliana under spaceflight conditions
9. Cytochemical localization of reserves during seed development in Arabidopsis thaliana under spaceflight conditions
10. Pollination and embryo development in Brassica rapa L. in microgravity
11. Pollen and ovule development in Arabidopsis thaliana under spaceflight conditions
12. Protein bodies
13. Protein bodies in seeds
14. Cotyledon cell development in Arabidopsis thaliana during reserve depositions
15. Complete cycle of individual development of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. plants on board the Salyut-7 orbital station
16. Plant reproduction during spaceflight: Importance of the gaseous environment
17. Changes in Arabidopsis leaf ultrastructure, chlorophyll, and carbohydrate content during spaceflight depend on ventilation
18. Gravity-independence of seed-to-seed cycling
19. Protein bodies of seeds: Ultrastructure, biochemistry, biosynthesis and degradation
20. Oxygen-depleted zones inside reproductive structures of Brassica case: Implications for oxygen control of seed development
21. The development of protein and oil bodies in the seed of Sinapis alba L.
22. Variation in rapeseed glucosinolates and breeding for improved meal quality
23. A low viscosity epoxy resin embedding medium for electron microscopy
24. Structural changes in protein bodies of cotton radicles during seed maturation and germination
25. Light and electron microscopic and energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis studies of globoids in protein bodies of embryo tissues and the aleurone layer of rice (Oryza sativa L.) grains
26. Bee sticks, an aid in pollinating Cruciferae