Gravisensitivity and automorphogenesis of lentil seedling roots grown on board the International Space Station

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 191-201

  Driss Ecole, Dominique ^a   Legué, Valérie ^b   Carnero Diaz, Eugénie ^a   Perbal, Gérald ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LENTIL; MORPHOGENESIS; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SEEDLING; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

GRAVITY SENSING; LENS PLANT; MORPHOGENESIS; PLANT ROOTS; SEEDLING; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

LENS CULINARIS;

EID: 49749148491     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: 13993054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2008.01121.x     Document Type: Article

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