Plant Growth In Zero Gravity
Friday, December 7, 2012 - 04:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Plant growth patterns are influenced by a variety of stimuli, including gravity. Terrestrial plant roots exhibit characteristic behaviors called 'waving' and 'skewing' and those are thought to be gravity-dependent events. Not so, according to a study of Arabidopsis plants grown on the International Space Station (ISS). Root 'waving' and 'skewing' occur even with no gravity. read more