Biocompatibility studies in preparation for a spaceflight experiment on plant tropisms (TROPI)

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1154-1160

  Kiss, John Z ^a   Kumar, Prem ^a   Bowman, Robert N ^b   Steele, Marianne K ^b   Eodice, Michael T ^b   Correll, Melanie J ^c   Edelmann, Richard E ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

EMCS; Gravitropism; ISS; Phototropism; Plant space biology; Spaceflight hardware

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MICROGRAVITY; NASA; PIGMENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SPACE STATIONS;

EMCS; GRAVITROPISM; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION; ISS; PHOTOTROPISM; PLANT SPACE BIOLOGY; PLANT TROPISMS; SPACEFLIGHT HARDWARE;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 34249721034     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2006.12.017     Document Type: Article

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