Effects of high magneto-gravitational environment on silkworm embryogenesis

Microgravity Science and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-170

  Tian, Zongcheng ^a   Li, Muwang ^c   Qian, Airong ^a   Xu, Huiyun ^a   Wang, Zhe ^a   Di, Shengmeng ^a   Yang, Pengfei ^a   Hu, Lifang ^a   Ding, Chong ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Luo, Mingzhi ^a   Han, Jing ^a   Gao, Xiang ^a   Huang, Yongping ^b   Shang, Peng ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

High magneto gravitational environment; Levitation; Silkworm embryogenesis; Simulated weightlessness; Superconducting magnet

Indexed keywords

BIO-EFFECTS; CONTROL GROUPS; GRAVITATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; GROWTH VELOCITY; LEVITATION; LIFE SPAN; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; SILKWORM EMBRYOGENESIS; SIMULATED WEIGHTLESSNESS; WEIGHTLESS ENVIRONMENT;

ELECTRIC FURNACES; ELECTROMAGNETS; MAGNETOS; SPACE FLIGHT; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ANIMALS;

EID: 77954888463     PISSN: 09380108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12217-009-9170-4     Document Type: Article

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