Improvements in and actual performance of the Plant Experiment Unit onboard Kibo, the Japanese experiment module on the international space station

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 780-788

  Yano, Sachiko ^a   Kasahara, Haruo ^b   Masuda, Daisuke ^b   Tanigaki, Fumiaki ^a   Shimazu, Toru ^c   Suzuki, Hiromi ^c   Karahara, Ichirou ^d   Soga, Kouichi ^e   Hoson, Takayuki ^e   Tayama, Ichiro ^f   Tsuchiya, Yoshikazu ^f   Kamisaka, Seiichiro ^d  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Tsukuba Space Center   (Japan)

^c Japan Space Forum ^*  (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^e Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^f Chiyoda Advanced Solutions Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Life cycle; Microgravity; Rosette leaf senescence; Seed to seed; Temperature and humidity control

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DRIERS (MATERIALS); EARTH (PLANET); HUMIDITY CONTROL; LIFE CYCLE; MICROGRAVITY; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; SEED; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACE SHUTTLES; SPACE STATIONS; VENTILATION; WATER CONTENT;

ARABIDOPSIS; DEHUMIDIFYING SYSTEM; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY; JAPANESE EXPERIMENT MODULES; LEAF SENESCENCE; SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS; TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY CONTROL;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EID: 84873405622     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Y.A. Berkovich, N.M. Krivobok, and Y.Y. Sinyak Developing a vitamin greenhouse for the life support system of the international space station and for future interplanetary missions Adv. Space Res. 34 2004 1552 1557
2. E. Brinckmann ESA hardware for plant research on the international space station Adv. Space Res. 36 2005 1162 1166
3. J. Cao, K. Schneeberger, and S. Ossowski Whole-genome sequencing of multiple Arabidopsis thaliana populations Nat. Genet. 43 2011 956 963
4. R. Ferl, R. Wheeler, and H.G. Levine Plants in space Current Opinion Plant Biol. 5 2002 258 263
5. T.W. Halstead, and F.R. Dutcher Plants in Space Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol. 38 1987 317 345
6. N.E. Hoffman, and S.F. Yang Enhancement of wound-induced ethylene synthesis by ethylene in preclimacteric cantaloupe Plant Physiology. 69 1982 317 322
7. T. Hoson, K. Soga, and R. Mori Morphogenesis of rice and Arabidopsis seedlings in space J. Plant Res. 112 1999 477 486
8. T. Hoson, S. Matsumoto, and K. Soga The outline and significance of the resist wall experiment: role of microtubule-membrane-cell wall continuum in gravity resistance in plants Biol. Sci. Space 21 2007 56 61
9. Y. Ishii, T. Hoson, and S. Kamisaka Plant growth processes in Arabidopsis under microgravity conditions simulated by a clinostat Biol. Sci. Space 10 1996 3 7
10. N. Ishioka, H. Suzuki, and M. Asashima Development and verification of hardware for life science experiments in the Japanese experiment module "Kibo" on the international space station J. Gravit. Physiol. 11 2004 81 92
11. T.H. Iversen, H. Svare, and K.R. Fossum Development of a plant growth support system for experiments on the ISS J. Gravit. Physiol. 9 2002 369 370
12. A. Johnsson, B.G.B. Solheim, and T.-H. Iversen Gravity amplifies and microgravity decreases circumnutations in Arabidopsis thaliana stems: results from a space experiment New Phytologist 182 2009 621 629
13. M. Kamada, K. Omori, and R. Yokoyama Preparation and outline of space-based studies on gravity responses and cell wall formation in plants Biol. Sci. Space 23 2009 115 120
14. J.Z. Kiss, E. Brinckmann, and C. Brillouet Development and growth of several strains of Arabidopsis seedlings in microgravity Int. J. Plant Sci. 161 2000 55 62
15. K. Koizumi, R. Yokoyama, and M. Kamada Reverse genetic approach to exploring genes responsible for cell-wall dynamics in supporting tissues of Arabidopsis thaliana under microgravity conditions Biol. Sci. Space 21 2007 48 55
16. B.M. Link, S.J. Durst, and W. Zhou Seed-to-seed growth of Arabidopsis thaliana on the international space station Adv. Space Res. 31 2003 2237 2243
17. A.J. Merkys, and R.S. Laurinavichys Complete cycle individual development of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. Plants on board the Salyut-7 orbital station Dokl Akad Nauk SSSR 271 1983 509 512
18. K.D.L. Millar, P. Kumar, and M.J. Correll A novel phototropic response to red light is revealed in microgravity New Phytologist 186 2010 648 656
19. M. Milov, and G. Rusakova Greenhouses in space-higher plants in closed ecological systems Aviatsia Ei Cosmonautika 3 1980 36 37
20. M.E. Musgrave, A. Kuang, and D.M. Porterfield Plant reproduction in spaceflight environments Gravit. Space Biol. Bull. 10 1997 83 90
21. K. Soga, K. Wakabayashi, and T. Hoson Inhibition of reproductive growth of Arabidopsis in airtight vessels Adv. Space Res. 23 1999 2037 2040
22. H. Takahashi, H. Mizuno, and M. Kamada A spaceflight experiment for the study of gravimorphogenesis and hydrotropism in cucumber seedlings J. Plant Res. 112 1999 497 505
23. D. Tamaoki, I. Karahara, and S. Nishiuchi Transcriprtome profiling in Arabidopsis inflorescence stems grown under hypergravity in terms of cell walls and plant hormones Adv. Space Res. 44 2009 245 253
24. J. Ueda, K. Miyamoto, and T. Yuda Growth and development, and auxin polar transport in higher plants under microgravity conditions in space. BRIC-AUX on STS-95 space experiment J. Plant Res. 112 1999 487 492
25. K.W. Waldron, and C.T. Brett Effects of extreme acceleration on the germination, growth and cell wall composition of pea epicotyls J. Exp. Bot. 41 1990 71 77
26. D. Weigel, and J. Glazebrock Arabidopsis: A Laboratory Manual 2002 CSHL Press
27. C. Wolverton, J.L. Mullen, and S. Aizawa Inhibition of root elongation in microgravity by an applied electric field J. Plant Res. 112 1999 493 496
28. S. Yano, D. Masuda, and H. Kasahara Excellent thermal control ability of Cell Biology Experiment Facility (CBEF) for ground-based experiments and experiments onboard the Kibo Japanese experiment module of International Space Station Biol. Sci. Space 26 2012 12 20