Influence of a long duration exposure, 69 months, to the space flight factors in Artemia cysts, tobacco and rice seeds.

Autor: Planel H; Laboratoire de Radiobiologie et Biologie Spatiale, Toulouse, France., Gaubin Y, Pianezzi B, Delpoux M, Bayonove J, Bes JC, Heilmann C, Gasset G
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Advances in space research : the official journal of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) [Adv Space Res] 1994 Oct; Vol. 14 (10), pp. 21-32.
DOI: 10.1016/0273-1177(94)90446-4
Abstrakt: Three french laboratories have participated in the Free Flyer Biostack experiment. Artemia cysts, tobacco seeds and rice caryopsis and embryos were used. Biological objects in monolayers were dead. In opposite, a large fraction of samples used in bulk survived. A stimulatory effect occurred in the first steps of development in Artemia cysts. In fact, the larval survival was unchanged or slightly reduced. In tobacco a drastic decrease in germination and survival rate was observed. Space flight did not induce genetic changes. In rice, results depend on the variety which was investigated; the growth rate stimulation in flight samples is discussed with respect to controls.
Databáze: MEDLINE