title: Biological effects of heavy ions in Arabidopsis seeds.
abstract: Irradiation of dry seeds of Arabidopsis with heavy ions (HZE-particles) produced by UNILAC-accelerator (GSI, Darmstadt) yielded aberrations in varied developmental endpoints such as survival rate and embryo vitality. The damage increased with particle density and charge. Cross sections in the range of 0.2-1.0 micrometer2 for Ne and Ar and 2.0-10.0 micrometers2 for Xe were estimated. Soaked seeds were more sensitive than dry seeds (cross-section 2.0-10.0 micrometers2 for Ar). The induced total damage in the irradiated seeds was estimated adding the different damages weighted by certain factors. These results will be used as base data for the interpretation and evaluation of spaceflight experiments on the biological effects of cosmic radiation.
authors.affiliation: Botanisches Institut, J.W. Goethe-Universitat, Frankfurt am Main, FRG.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bork
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gartenbach
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Kranz
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000528:radiation effects*; D001128:Argon; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D003359:Cosmic Radiation; D003890:Desiccation; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D020450:Heavy Ions; D009356:Neon; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D012062:Relative Biological Effectiveness; D012639:Seeds / Q000528:radiation effects*; D014867:Water; D014978:Xenon
chemical_list: D014867:Water; D014978:Xenon; D009356:Neon; D001128:Argon