Plants circling in outer space

New Phytologist

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 555-557

  Kiss, John Z ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circumnutation; Gravitropism; Nutation; Space biology

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; GRAVITROPISM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROCLIMATE; NOTE; PLANT STEM; RESEARCH; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GRAVITROPISM; PLANT STEMS; RESEARCH; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 65249163990     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02817.x     Document Type: Note

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