Al. Mashinsky et Gs. Nechitailo, Results and prospects of studying the gravitationally sensitive systems ofplants under conditions of space flight, COSM RES, 39(4), 2001, pp. 317-327
Based on systematic studies of the impact of space flight factors on higher
plants, carried out for many years both aboard orbital research stations a
nd in the ground laboratories, we have formulated the means of solving the
problem of the interaction of mankind with the plant life. The principal fe
asibility of the growth and development of higher plants (arabidopsis, peas
, and wheat) under conditions of space flight is established, including the
generative stage (arabidopsis). It is proved that the factors of space fli
ght destabilize the macro-and microstructures of higher plants and their ce
llular organelles, which is an unambiguous response of cells to the changin
g conditions of their existence.