Plant cell gravisensitivity and adaptation to microgravity

EL Kordyum - Plant biology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
A short overview on the effects of real and simulated microgravity on certain cell components
and processes, including new information obtained recently, is presented. Attention is …

Biowaste recycling strategies for regenerative life support system: An overview

I Rai, A Ahirwar, A Rai, S Varjani, V Vinayak - … Energy Technologies and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Space missions are expanding their horizons towards green energy. At the same
time humans are expanding their invasion beyond the earth's orbit and envisage to have a …

Induced mutations and crop improvement

P Suprasanna, SJ Mirajkar, SG Bhagwat - Plant Biology and …, 2015 - Springer
Genetic variation is the mainstay which plant breeders require to produce new and improved
cultivars. The opportunity of obtaining novel traits exists through induction of mutations …

Spaceflight transcriptomes: unique responses to a novel environment

AL Paul, AK Zupanska, DT Ostrow, Y Zhang, Y Sun… - Astrobiology, 2012 - liebertpub.com
The spaceflight environment presents unique challenges to terrestrial biology, including but
not limited to the direct effects of gravity. As we near the end of the Space Shuttle era, there …

Transcriptional response of Arabidopsis seedlings during spaceflight reveals peroxidase and cell wall remodeling genes associated with root hair development

T Kwon, JA Sparks, J Nakashima… - American Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
• Premise of the study: Plants will be an important component of advanced life support
systems during space exploration missions. Therefore, understanding their biology in the …

Spaceflight induces novel regulatory responses in Arabidopsis seedling as revealed by combined proteomic and transcriptomic analyses

CPS Kruse, AD Meyers, P Basu, S Hutchinson… - BMC Plant …, 2020 - Springer
Background Understanding of gravity sensing and response is critical to long-term human
habitation in space and can provide new advantages for terrestrial agriculture. To this end …

Variation in the transcriptome of different ecotypes of Arabidopsis thaliana reveals signatures of oxidative stress in plant responses to spaceflight

WG Choi, RJ Barker, SH Kim… - American Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Premise of the Study Spaceflight provides a unique environment in which to dissect plant
stress response behaviors and to reveal potentially novel pathways triggered in space. We …

Organ-specific remodeling of the Arabidopsis transcriptome in response to spaceflight

AL Paul, AK Zupanska, ER Schultz, RJ Ferl - BMC plant biology, 2013 - Springer
Background Spaceflight presents a novel environment that is outside the evolutionary
experience of terrestrial organisms. Full activation of the International Space Station as a …

Plant growth strategies are remodeled by spaceflight

AL Paul, CE Amalfitano, RJ Ferl - BMC plant biology, 2012 - Springer
Background Arabidopsis plants were grown on the International Space Station within
specialized hardware that combined a plant growth habitat with a camera system that can …

Genome-wide expression analysis of reactive oxygen species gene network in Mizuna plants grown in long-term spaceflight

M Sugimoto, Y Oono, O Gusev, T Matsumoto… - BMC plant biology, 2014 - Springer
Background Spaceflight environment have been shown to generate reactive oxygen species
(ROS) and induce oxidative stress in plants, but little is known about the gene expression of …