Can plants grow on Mars and the moon: a growth experiment on Mars and moon soil simulants
Can plants grow on Mars and the moon: a growth experiment on Mars and moon soil simulants
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United States: Public Library of Science
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English
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When humans will settle on the moon or Mars they will have to eat there. Food may be flown in. An alternative could be to cultivate plants at the site itself, preferably in native soils. We report on the first large-scale controlled experiment to investigate the possibility of growing plants in Mars and moon soil simulants. The results show that pl...
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Can plants grow on Mars and the moon: a growth experiment on Mars and moon soil simulants
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1557102228
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1557102228
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0103138
