Tag: soil
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Plants thrive in lunar soil with help from phosphorus-making bacteria
[ad_1] Tobacco seedlings growing in simulated lunar soil Yitong Xia Growing plants on the moon could be made easier by adding bacteria to the soil to produce phosphorus, an essential element for plant growth that isn’t readily available in lunar soil. Lunar regolith, the powdery dust that sits on the moon’s surface, isn’t a good…