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Biol Sci Space

Title:		[Research plan to study allelopathy under microgravity]
Author(s):		Tomita-Yokotani K; Hashimoto H; Fujii Y; Yamashita M;
Address:		Tsukuba University
Journal Title:		Biol Sci Space
Year:		2002
Volume:		16
Issue:		3
Page Number:		157 - 158
DOI:
ISSN/ISBN:		0914-9201 (Print) 0914-9201 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Living organisms interact each others and form ecological system on the earth. Such interactions between organisms and species have been long known, and studied at a global scale. Allelopathy is a phenomenon observed in many plants that emit specific chemicals acting on other organisms, including animals and microorganisms, in either inhibitory or excitatory ways. We propose to study whether phenomena of allelopathy are modified under altered gravity or not. If biosynthesis, emission and sensing mechanism of allelopathic substances would be affected by gravity, many organisms and ecological system might show different behaviors based on the inter-organisms and species interactions under microgravity. In the macroscopic scale, transport of the substances between organisms is largely affected by convection induced by gravity. Furthermore, the fate of allelopathic substances in confined environment differs from that seen on the earth, because of lacking sink compartment for removal and producing exotic bio-active substances by man-made system. We design basic ground experiment to evaluate gravitational effects on allelopathy applying pseudo-microgravity. Our study contributes to the synthesis of ecological system and its control on spacecrafts and extraterrestrial bodies. It also makes possible to sustain qualitative human life even on the ground under confined artificial environment that dominates in many scenes"
Keywords:		Agriculture Arabidopsis/growth & development/metabolism/*physiology Lettuce/growth & development/metabolism/*physiology Mucuna/growth & development/metabolism/*physiology Pheromones/*physiology Research Design Rotation *Weightlessness Simulation;
Notes:		"MedlineTomita-Yokotani, Kaori Hashimoto, Hirofumi Fujii, Yoshiharu Yamashita, Masamichi jpn English Abstract Japan 2003/04/16 Biol Sci Space. 2002 Nov; 16(3):157-8"