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Chapter title |
Spaceflight Exploration in Plant Gravitational Biology
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Chapter number | 20 |
Book title |
Plant Gravitropism
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2015
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-2697-8_20 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-2696-1, 978-1-4939-2697-8
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Authors |
Anna-Lisa Paul, Robert J. Ferl |
Abstract |
Before there was access to space, all experiments on plant tropisms were conducted upon the background of gravity. The gravity vector could be disrupted, such as with clinorotation and random positioning machines, and by manipulating incident angles of root growth with respect to gravity, such as with Darwin's plants on slanted plates, but gravity could not be removed from the experimental equation. Access to microgravity through spaceflight has opened new doors to plant research. Here we provide an overview of some of the methodologies of conducting plant research in the unique spaceflight environment. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 13 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 13 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Librarian | 2 | 15% |
Professor | 1 | 8% |
Student > Bachelor | 1 | 8% |
Unknown | 9 | 69% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Earth and Planetary Sciences | 1 | 8% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 1 | 8% |
Engineering | 1 | 8% |
Unknown | 10 | 77% |