Biological investigations on the orbital station "Salyut-5"

Genetic and embryological investigations were continued on the orbital station Salyut-5. The effect of space flight factors on dry Crepis capillaris (L) Wallr seeds and seedlings, dry Arabidopsis thaliana (L) Heynh seeds, Polyporus brumalis Pers. ex. Fries culture as well as on spawn development and fish behaviour was studied. Space flight factors are shown to have adverse effects with respect to some characteristics in seeds and seedlings, and to change the morphology of the fungus. Fishes appear to adapt themselves to weightlessness.