A novel phototropic response to red light is revealed in microgravity

New Phytologist

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 648-656

  Millar, Katherine D L ^a   Kumar, Prem ^a   Correll, Melanie J ^b   Mullen, Jack L ^c,d   Hangarter, Roger P ^c   Edelmann, Richard E ^a   Kiss, John Z ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; European Modular Cultivation System (EMCS); International Space Station (ISS); Microgravity; Phototropism; Phytochrome; Red light; Space biology

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GRAVITY FIELD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT EFFECT; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PHOTOTAXIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PIGMENT; SEEDLING; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SENSORY SYSTEM; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE TECHNOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; MUTATION; PHOTOTROPISM; PLANT GROWTH; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEEDLING; SPACE FLIGHT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ARABIDOPSIS; GERMINATION; HYPOCOTYL; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIGHT; MUTATION; PHOTOTROPISM; SEEDLING; SPACE FLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 77953153835     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03211.x     Document Type: Article

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