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Farming on Mars: Treatment of basaltic regolith soil and briny water simulants sustains plant growth

A fundamental challenge in human missions to Mars is producing consumable foods efficiently with the in situ resources such as soil, water, nutrients and solar radiation available on Mars. The low nutrient content of martian soil and high salinity of water render them unfit for direct use for propag...

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Autores principales: Kasiviswanathan, Pooja, Swanner, Elizabeth D., Halverson, Larry J., Vijayapalani, Paramasivan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9385024/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35976812
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272209