Effect of lunar materials on plant tissue culture |
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| Authors: | C H Walkinshaw S Venketeswaran P S Baur R H Hall T E Croley J D Weete V E Scholes R S Halliwell |
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| Institution: | (1) NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, United States Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Houston, Tex., U.S.A.;(2) University of Houston, Texas;(3) North Texas State University, Denton, Texas;(4) Lunar Science Institute, Houston, Texas;(5) Texas A.& M. University, College Station, Texas |
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| Abstract: | Lunar material collected during the Apollo 11, 12, 14, and 15 missions has been used to treat 12 species of higher plant tissue
cultures. Biochemical and morphological studies have been conducted on several of these species. Tobacco tissue cultures treated
with 0.22 g of lunar material exhibited increased greening more complex chloroplasts, less cytoplasmic vacuolation and greater
vesiculation. Pine tissue cultures reacted to treatment by an increased deposition of tannin-like materials. The percentage
of dry weight and soluble protein was increased in cultures treated with either lunar or terrestrial rock materials.
Lunar Science Institute Contribution. |
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