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Response of Arabidopsis thaliana and Mizuna Mustard Seeds to Simulated Space Radiation Exposures

One of the major concerns for long-term exploration missions beyond the Earth’s magnetosphere is consequences from exposures to solar particle event (SPE) protons and galactic cosmic rays (GCR). For long-term crewed Lunar and Mars explorations, the production of fresh food in space will provide both...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Ye, Richards, Jeffrey T., Feiveson, Alan H., Richards, Stephanie E., Neelam, Srujana, Dreschel, Thomas W., Plante, Ianik, Hada, Megumi, Wu, Honglu, Massa, Gioia D., Douglas, Grace L., Levine, Howard G.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8879990/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35207432
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life12020144
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author Zhang, Ye
Richards, Jeffrey T.
Feiveson, Alan H.
Richards, Stephanie E.
Neelam, Srujana
Dreschel, Thomas W.
Plante, Ianik
Hada, Megumi
Wu, Honglu
Massa, Gioia D.
Douglas, Grace L.
Levine, Howard G.
author_facet Zhang, Ye
Richards, Jeffrey T.
Feiveson, Alan H.
Richards, Stephanie E.
Neelam, Srujana
Dreschel, Thomas W.
Plante, Ianik
Hada, Megumi
Wu, Honglu
Massa, Gioia D.
Douglas, Grace L.
Levine, Howard G.
author_sort Zhang, Ye
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description One of the major concerns for long-term exploration missions beyond the Earth’s magnetosphere is consequences from exposures to solar particle event (SPE) protons and galactic cosmic rays (GCR). For long-term crewed Lunar and Mars explorations, the production of fresh food in space will provide both nutritional supplements and psychological benefits to the astronauts. However, the effects of space radiation on plants and plant propagules have not been sufficiently investigated and characterized. In this study, we evaluated the effect of two different compositions of charged particles-simulated GCR, and simulated SPE protons on dry and hydrated seeds of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana and the crop plant Mizuna mustard [Brassica rapa var. japonica]. Exposures to charged particles, simulated GCRs (up to 80 cGy) or SPEs (up to 200 cGy), were performed either acutely or at a low dose rate using the NASA Space Radiation Laboratory (NSRL) facility at Brookhaven National Lab (BNL). Control and irradiated seeds were planted in a solid phytogel and grown in a controlled environment. Five to seven days after planting, morphological parameters were measured to evaluate radiation-induced damage in the seedlings. After exposure to single types of charged particles, as well as to simulated GCR, the hydrated Arabidopsis seeds showed dose- and quality-dependent responses, with heavier ions causing more severe defects. Seeds exposed to simulated GCR (dry seeds) and SPE (hydrated seeds) had significant, although much less damage than seeds exposed to heavier and higher linear energy transfer (LET) particles. In general, the extent of damage depends on the seed type.
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spelling pubmed-88799902022-02-26 Response of Arabidopsis thaliana and Mizuna Mustard Seeds to Simulated Space Radiation Exposures Zhang, Ye Richards, Jeffrey T. Feiveson, Alan H. Richards, Stephanie E. Neelam, Srujana Dreschel, Thomas W. Plante, Ianik Hada, Megumi Wu, Honglu Massa, Gioia D. Douglas, Grace L. Levine, Howard G. Life (Basel) Article One of the major concerns for long-term exploration missions beyond the Earth’s magnetosphere is consequences from exposures to solar particle event (SPE) protons and galactic cosmic rays (GCR). For long-term crewed Lunar and Mars explorations, the production of fresh food in space will provide both nutritional supplements and psychological benefits to the astronauts. However, the effects of space radiation on plants and plant propagules have not been sufficiently investigated and characterized. In this study, we evaluated the effect of two different compositions of charged particles-simulated GCR, and simulated SPE protons on dry and hydrated seeds of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana and the crop plant Mizuna mustard [Brassica rapa var. japonica]. Exposures to charged particles, simulated GCRs (up to 80 cGy) or SPEs (up to 200 cGy), were performed either acutely or at a low dose rate using the NASA Space Radiation Laboratory (NSRL) facility at Brookhaven National Lab (BNL). Control and irradiated seeds were planted in a solid phytogel and grown in a controlled environment. Five to seven days after planting, morphological parameters were measured to evaluate radiation-induced damage in the seedlings. After exposure to single types of charged particles, as well as to simulated GCR, the hydrated Arabidopsis seeds showed dose- and quality-dependent responses, with heavier ions causing more severe defects. Seeds exposed to simulated GCR (dry seeds) and SPE (hydrated seeds) had significant, although much less damage than seeds exposed to heavier and higher linear energy transfer (LET) particles. In general, the extent of damage depends on the seed type. MDPI 2022-01-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8879990/ /pubmed/35207432 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life12020144 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Zhang, Ye
Richards, Jeffrey T.
Feiveson, Alan H.
Richards, Stephanie E.
Neelam, Srujana
Dreschel, Thomas W.
Plante, Ianik
Hada, Megumi
Wu, Honglu
Massa, Gioia D.
Douglas, Grace L.
Levine, Howard G.
Response of Arabidopsis thaliana and Mizuna Mustard Seeds to Simulated Space Radiation Exposures
title Response of Arabidopsis thaliana and Mizuna Mustard Seeds to Simulated Space Radiation Exposures
title_full Response of Arabidopsis thaliana and Mizuna Mustard Seeds to Simulated Space Radiation Exposures
title_fullStr Response of Arabidopsis thaliana and Mizuna Mustard Seeds to Simulated Space Radiation Exposures
title_full_unstemmed Response of Arabidopsis thaliana and Mizuna Mustard Seeds to Simulated Space Radiation Exposures
title_short Response of Arabidopsis thaliana and Mizuna Mustard Seeds to Simulated Space Radiation Exposures
title_sort response of arabidopsis thaliana and mizuna mustard seeds to simulated space radiation exposures
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8879990/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35207432
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life12020144
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