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Reducing Plant Stress Leads to Martian Farms

Posted by Zonk on from the nothing-that-eats-people,-please dept.

Saint Aardvark the Carpeted writes "NASA is looking for ways to get plants to grow on Mars -- and surprisingly, reducing their stress is a good first step. By splicing genes from Earth-bound extremophiles into seeds whose descendants are destined for the red planet, scientists hope to breed plants that can handle the wide range of temperatures (pdf) that will be found on Mars."

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  1. Kudzu by Reverend528 · · Score: 4, Funny

    We should send a bunch of kudzu to mars. That stuff will grow anywhere.

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  2. Just come to Ottawa by pcb · · Score: 4, Funny

    scientists hope to breed plants that can handle the wide range of temperatures that will be found on Mars.

    Just come to Ottawa (Canada). Minus 35 C in the winter, plus 35 C in the summer! And I see corn growing across the street. Why am I living here again...might as well move to Mars.

    PCB

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