Plants Can Germinate and Grow in Lunar Soil: Study biology space science
Using samples brought back from NASA’s Apollo 11, 12, and 17 missions, University of Florida biologists showed that a model terrestrial plant,Germination and development ofin the lunar regolith: germination rates were close to 100% in all sources of Apollo lunar regolith and indistinguishable from rates in JSC-1A simulant; two representative wells for JSC-1A and each Apollo site are shown; the seedlings thinned from each well on day 6 or 8 indicated that root growth in lunar regolith is not as...
To grow their tiny lunar garden, the researchers used thimble-sized wells in plastic plates normally used to culture cells. Each well functioned as a pot. However, as time went on, the scientists observed differences between the plants grown in lunar soil and the control group. “Ultimately, we would like to use the gene expression data to help address how we can ameliorate the stress responses to the level where plants — particularly crops — are able to grow in lunar soil with very little impact to their health.”
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