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Plant and Cell Physiology, 1995, Vol. 36, No. 7 1387-1392
© 1995

Short Communication

Cortical Microtubules in Sweet Clover Columella Cells Developed in Microgravity

Emmanuel Hilaire1, Avelina Q. Paulsen1, Christopher S. Brown2 and James A. Guikema1

1 Kansas Stale University, NASA Specialized Center of Research and Training in Gravitational Biology, Division of Biology 232 Ackert Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-4901, U.S.A.
2 The Plant Space Biology Laboratory, Dynamac Corporation Mail Code DYN-3, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899, U.S.A.

Electron micrographs of columella cells from sweet clover seedlings grown and fixed in microgravity revealed longitudinal and cross sectioned cortical microtubules. This is the first report demonstrating the presence and stability of this network in plants in microgravity.

(Received April 24, 1995; Accepted August 3, 1995)
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