Chickpea grown in lunar regolith simulant (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Chickpea grown in lunar regolith simulant

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The researchers chose the ‘Myles’ variety of chickpea for this study. Its compact size and resiliency support crop production in space-limited mission environments.

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University of Texas Institute for Geophysics

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