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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. Exactly as seen on Fark this morning by Gothmolly · · Score: -1, Troll

    Old News for Nerds, Stuff that Mattered.

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  2. STOP THE GM MARS CROPS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    you will destroy the delicate eco-balance of eco-mars you eco-terrorist fucks, you uncle bens modified rice technodevils

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