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To grow food on Mars, researchers find that alfalfa plants can fertilize the natural soil and marine cyanobacteria can desalinate the high salt water

08.17.22 | PLOS

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Growth of radish plants in alfalfa treated basaltic regolith simulant soil using fresh water (left), unfiltered (middle) or filtered (right) biodesalinated water. 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.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0272209

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

17-Aug-2022

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Agriculture Cyanobacteria Farming Regolith Soil Moisture Water Desalination

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0272209
Article Publication Date
2022-08-17
Article Title
Farming on Mars: Treatment of basaltic regolith soil and briny water simulants sustains plant growth
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2022, August 17). To grow food on Mars, researchers find that alfalfa plants can fertilize the natural soil and marine cyanobacteria can desalinate the high salt water. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LDEG3O08/to-grow-food-on-mars-researchers-find-that-alfalfa-plants-can-fertilize-the-natural-soil-and-marine-cyanobacteria-can-desalinate-the-high-salt-water.html
MLA:
"To grow food on Mars, researchers find that alfalfa plants can fertilize the natural soil and marine cyanobacteria can desalinate the high salt water." Brightsurf News, Aug. 17 2022, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LDEG3O08/to-grow-food-on-mars-researchers-find-that-alfalfa-plants-can-fertilize-the-natural-soil-and-marine-cyanobacteria-can-desalinate-the-high-salt-water.html.