H. Kasahara et al., EFFECTS OF HYPERGRAVITY ON THE ELONGATION AND MORPHOLOGY OF PROTONEMATA OF ADIANTUM-CAPILLUS-VENERIS, Physiologia Plantarum, 93(2), 1995, pp. 352-356
Elongation growth of protonemata of Adiantum capillus-veneris, which c
an be controlled by light irradiation, was examined under acropetal an
d basipetal hypergravity conditions (from -13 to +20 g) using a newly
developed centrifugation equipment. Elongation of the protonemata unde
r red light was inhibited by basipetal hypergravity at more than +15 g
but was promoted by acropetal hypergravity from -5 to -8 g. Division
of the protonemal cells that was induced by white light was inhibited
under basipetal hypergravity at +20 g but was unaffected under acropet
al hypergravity at -15 g. Upon exposure to continuous red light for 7
to 8 days, most of the protonemata grew as filamentous cells in the ab
sence of a change in the normal gravitational force (control), but mor
e than half of the protonemal cells were abnormal in terms of shape wh
en maintained under hypergravity at +20 g.