image: Growth of radish plants in alfalfa treated basaltic regolith simulant soil using fresh water (left), unfiltered (middle) or filtered (right) biodesalinated water. view more
Credit: Kasiviswanathan et al., 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
To grow food on Mars, researchers find that alfalfa plants can fertilize the natural soil and marine cyanobacteria can desalinate the high salt water
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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0272209
Article Title: Farming on Mars: Treatment of basaltic regolith soil and briny water simulants sustains plant growth
Author Countries: U.S.A.
Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.
Journal
PLoS ONE
Article Title
Farming on Mars: Treatment of basaltic regolith soil and briny water simulants sustains plant growth
Article Publication Date
17-Aug-2022
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.