In nature, plants cannot grow without soil biota like fungi and bacteria. Successful plants are able to harness positive, growth-promoting soil organisms, while avoiding the negative effects of ...

Harvesting a thale cress plant grown in lunar soil. Photo: Tyler Jones, UF/IFAS. Yes, the plants grew, but that’s not to say they did fantastically well. The thale cress specimens grown in the ...

But, getting lunar soil to grow plants has been a tricky process. Scientists may have finally had a breakthrough in the process and believe putting Earth microbes into lunar soil could make it ...

Plant growth and development largely depend on the combination and concentration of mineral nutrients available in the soil. Plants often face significant challenges in obtaining an adequate ...

The plants in soil from Apollo 11 were "not as robust" as plants grown in soil from the other two Apollo missions. The researchers pointed out that each mission collected soil from different areas ...

Some domesticated plants ignore beneficial soil microbes Domestication yielded bigger crops often at the expense of plant microbiomes Date: March 10, 2020 Source: University of California ...

The plants were also given water and light. Those grown in lunar soil were compared to plants grown in non-lunar soils used as a control group, including those planted in JSC-1A, a substance that ...

They also planted a control group in JSC-1A volcanic ash used to simulate lunar soil. For the first time ever, scientists have grown plants in lunar soil.

Scientists grew plants in three samples of lunar soil brought to Earth by the Apollo missions, but the seedlings reacted as they would in cases of, for example, high salt or metal content.