title: [Survivability and morphologic anomalies in higher plants wolffia arrhiza following exposure to heavy ions of the galactic space radiation].
abstract: Experimental data on the effects of spaceflight factors, space radiation in particular, on higher plant Wolffia arrhiza firstly exposed in the "Bioblock" assembly and measurements made by physical track detectors of heavy ions (HI) are presented. Death of individual Wolffia plants and morphologic anomalies were the basic evaluation criteria. The peculiar feature of this biological object consists in the possibility to reveal delayed effects after 1-2 months since space flight as Wolffia has a high rate of vegetative reproduction. German investigators through microscopic examination of track detectors performed identification of individual plants affected by HI. With specially developed software and a coordinate system of supposition of biolayers and track detectors with the accuracy of 1 micron, tracks and even separate sections of individual HI tracks were determined in biological objects. Thereafter each Wolffia plant hit by HI was examined and data were compared with other variants. As a result, correlation between Wolffia death rate and morphologic anomalies were determined at different times post flight and topography of HI tracks was found. It is hypothesized that morphological anomalies in Walffia were caused by direct hits of plant germs by heavy ions or close passage of particles.
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Nevzgodina
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Kaminskaia
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Maksimova
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fatsius
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sherrer
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shtraukh
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis / Q000528:radiation effects; D003359:Cosmic Radiation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D020450:Heavy Ions / Q000009:adverse effects*; D059828:Plant Cells; D010944:Plants / Q000528:radiation effects; D013026:Space Flight