ArticleFrontiers in plant science2019
Chemotropic vs Hydrotropic Stimuli for Root Growth Orientation in Microgravity.
Article in Frontiers in plant science, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Local mapping of root orientation traits by X-ray micro-CT and 3d image analysis: A study case on carrot seedlings grown in simulated vs real weightlessness.Plant methods · 2024Article
- Effects of altered gravity on growth and morphology in Wolffia globosa implications for bioregenerative life support systems and space-based agriculture.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Perspectives for plant biology in space and analogue environments.NPJ microgravity · 2023Review
- Plant Gravitropism: From Mechanistic Insights into Plant Function on Earth to Plants Colonizing Other Worlds.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2022Review
- Root Tropisms: New Insights Leading the Growth Direction of the Hidden Half.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Settling for Less: Do Statoliths Modulate Gravity Perception?Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Root Tropisms: Investigations on Earth and in Space to Unravel Plant Growth Direction.Frontiers in plant science · 2019Review
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Abstract
Understanding how plants respond to spaceflight and extraterrestrial environments is crucial to develop life-support systems intended for long-term human explorations. Gravity is a main factor influencing root development and orientation, typically masking other tropisms. Considering that reduced levels of gravity affect many plant responses in space, the interaction of other tropic stimuli in microgravity represents the frontier to be investigated aiming at life-support systems optimization. In this paper we report on MULTITROP (Multiple-Tropism: interaction of gravity, nutrient and water stimuli for root orientation in microgravity), an experiment performed on the International Space Station during the Expedition 52/53. Scientific aim of the experiment was to disentangle hydrotropism from chemotropism for root orientation in absence of the gravity stimulus. Among several species relevant to space farming,
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