Analysis of the spaceflight effects on growth and development of Super Dwarf wheat grown on the Space Station Mir

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 522-529

  Levinskikh, M A ^a   Sychev, V N ^a   Derendyaeva, T A ^a   Signalova, O B ^a   Salisbury, F B ^b   Campbell, W E ^b   Bingham, G E ^b   Bubenheim, D L ^c   Jahns, G ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethylene; Floral Development; Gravitational Biology; Microgravity; Mir grown Wheat; Morphometry; Triticum aestivum L.

Indexed keywords

SPERMATOPHYTA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0034023586     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-1617(00)80168-6     Document Type: Article

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