Extraterrestrial agriculture: plant cultivation in space

Biotechniques. 2024 May;76(5):169-173. doi: 10.2144/btn-2024-0033. Epub 2024 Apr 11.

Abstract

[Formula: see text] Researchers are using various techniques and technologies to study how plants grow in extraterrestrial conditions with the hopes of sustaining longer missions for exploring deep space as well as being able to one day cultivate crops on other planets.

Keywords: extraterrestrial agriculture; microgravity; plant experiments; space.

Publication types

  • News

MeSH terms

  • Agriculture* / methods
  • Crops, Agricultural / genetics
  • Crops, Agricultural / growth & development
  • Exobiology / methods
  • Extraterrestrial Environment*
  • Plants / genetics
  • Space Flight*