Ultrastructure of potato tubers formed in microgravity under controlled environmental conditions

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 390, 2003, Pages 2157-2164

  Cook, Martha E ^a   Croxdale, Judith G ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Microgravity; Pectin; Plant; Solanum; Spaceflight; Tuber; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; PROTEINS; SPACE FLIGHT;

MICROGRAVITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENT; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MANNED; NASA DISCIPLINE LIFE SCIENCES TECHNOLOGIES; NASA PROGRAM ADVANCED HUMAN SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY; NASA PROGRAM BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND COUNTERMEASURES; NON-NASA CENTER; PLANT STEM; PLANT TUBER; POTATO; SHORT DURATION; SPACE FLIGHT; STS-73 SHUTTLE PROJECT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

NASA DISCIPLINE LIFE SCIENCES TECHNOLOGIES; NASA PROGRAM ADVANCED HUMAN SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY; NASA PROGRAM BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND COUNTERMEASURES; NON-NASA CENTER;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; SHORT DURATION; STS-73 SHUTTLE PROJECT;

ENVIRONMENT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORGANELLES; PLANT STEMS; PLANT TUBERS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

SOLANUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0042376131     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erg218     Document Type: Article

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