Plant Tropisms

functioning at full capacity. Developing a bioregenerative life support system based on such “programmable plants” is not only k ...

earlier, this is both costly and risky. Regeneration involves physical/chemical methods for the synthesis of O 2 from CO 2 , the ...

gene expression in gravitational and mechanically stimulated Arabidopsisroots in order to identify specificity and analyze tempo ...

The examples above represent the insertion and expression of a single or very few genes. Because most phenotypic traits are poly ...

technologies have allowed the integration of sensor systems into miniature multifunc- tional configurations for the detection of ...

189 Figure 9.1 (also see Color Section). Programmable plants: a concept for human life support in space. ...

this type of system will depend on advances in genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics, and nanoscience at a minimum. Understanding ...

191 Heritable,in planta devices for monitoring and controlling plant function. Can be controlled externally, or internally (biof ...

the inhabitants to live (and thrive) “off the land” and their ability to adapt to the new con- ditions in which they find themse ...

Croxdale J, Cook M, Tibbitts TW, Brown CS and Wheeler RM. 1997. Structure of potato tubers formed during spaceflight. Journal of ...

McKay CP. 1997. The search for life on Mars. Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere 27(1-3): 263-289. McKay DS, Gibson E ...

Stankovic B. 2001. 2001: A plant space odyssey. Trends in Plant Science6(12): 591-593. Stitt M and Sonnewald U. 1995. Regulation ...

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Index 197 Page numbers followed by an f denote a figure. ABA (abscisic acid), 128-29 Abiotic stress, 186 Ablation. SeeLaser Abra ...

Binding sites, 96 Biochemical experiments, 51 fractionation, 29 studies, 8-9 Bioinformatics, 190 Biological Research in Canister ...

actin, 146, 153 dynamic, 6 forces conveyed via, 98 graviorientation, 156 in gravity perception, 12-14 interactions with, 97f vac ...

Floral meristem initiation, 56 Flowering, 189f Fluence rates, 81 Fluorescence, 169 Force spectroscopy, 98 Free fall, 162, 167 Fu ...

field, 9 micro, 86 morphogenesis induced by, 166 omnilateral, 163f phosphorylation induced by, 34 plumb line of, 161 receptors, ...

Ion (continued) signaling, 103 Iron, 188 Isodensity condition, 149 ISS (International Space Station), 164, 184 Kinetic(s), 59 da ...

mechanisms, xiv, 21, 22, 40 weight, 35 Molecules endogenous, 3, 55 signaling, 186 Monocotyledons, 14 Morphogenesis, 91, 166. See ...