Inhibition of reproductive growth of arabidopsis in airtight vessels

Details Inhibition of reproductive growth of arabidopsis in airtight vessels Inhibition of reproductive growth of arabidopsis in airtight vessels

Jan 1999

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999adspr..23.2037s&link_type=abstract

Advances in Space Research, Volume 23, Issue 12, p. 2037-2040.

Physics

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Airtight vessels have various advantages for space experiments. However, Arabidopsis thaliana plants scarcely produced seeds when grown in such vessels. The mechanism by which reproductive growth is inhibited in airtight vessels was studied. The length of the flower stalk was shorter when the plants were grown in airtight vessels. Thus, there was a possibility that the inhibition of reproductive growth was due to the inhibition of vegetative growth. However, even when the plants which has grown under non-airtight conditions and has reached to the flowering stage were transferred to airtight vessels, silique formation was inhibited, suggesting that the airtight environment directly influences reproductive growth. In airtight vessels, anther dehiscence was inhibited, which appears to be the cause of inhibition of silique formation and seed development. Reproductive growth recovered when silica gel was added to the vessels. These results suggest that in airtight vessels, high humidity causes a suppression of anther dehiscence, resulting in the inhibition of reproductive growth. Therefore, the control of humidity by ventilation should be taken into consideration in designing a growth chamber for space experiments.

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