During the European
Columbus laboratory has begin the first research, which aim to examine whether
plants might produce in outer space. The research, called WAICO ("Waving
and coiling of Arabidopsis Roots at Different g-levels' or ripple and roll
roots of Arabidopsis at different levels-g), study the effects of
weightlessness on the growth of plant roots. Toward this purpose has selected a
variety of wild and genetically modified plant Arabidopsis.
