LATEST UPDATES

Touseef re—elected as MC President Baramulla

Precious Kashmir 23/05/2022

Police Arrests 3 LeT Militants, Associate For Sarpanch’s Killing In Pattan

Precious Kashmir 23/05/2022

CRPF man dies of heart attack in Qazigund

Precious Kashmir 23/05/2022

Policeman Dies After Hit By Oil Tanker In Bandipora

Precious Kashmir 23/05/2022

Night Temp Rises Amid Forecast For Decrease In Rainfall Activity From Tomorrow

Precious Kashmir 23/05/2022

Excise duty cut on petrol, diesel; subsidy announced for Ujjwala gas beneficiaries

Indo Asian News Service 21/05/2022

Ramban tunnel collapse: 10 bodies retrieved, negligence case registered

Precious Kashmir 21/05/2022

J&K reports 15 new covid-19 cases, no death

Precious Kashmir 21/05/2022

10 injured in Ramban road accident

Precious Kashmir 21/05/2022

Conflagration Breaks Out in Dalgate Residential Area

Precious Kashmir 21/05/2022

Govt Orders Fire Safety Audit Of All Its Buildings ‘Immediately’

Precious Kashmir 21/05/2022

Kashmir Pandits hit streets again in Srinagar, demand relocation

Precious Kashmir 21/05/2022

Ramban Tunnel Collapse: Body Of One More Labourer Found, Toll 2

Precious Kashmir 21/05/2022

J&K Govt Ends Physical Verification For New Appointees, To Be Done Online From Next Month

Precious Kashmir 21/05/2022

MeT predicts ‘brief’ rain spell today, widespread showers with gusty winds tomorrow

Precious Kashmir 21/05/2022

Delimitation commission’s order come into effect from today

Precious Kashmir 20/05/2022

MHA Orders Transfer Of 5 IAS, IPS Officers; Navin Kumar Choudhary Transferred To Mizoram, M Raju To AP

Precious Kashmir 20/05/2022

Prof. Nilofer Khan Assumes Charge as Vice-Chancellor of Kashmir University

Precious Kashmir 20/05/2022

Infiltration bid foiled in Tangdhar Kupwara, 01 militant killed: Officials

Precious Kashmir 20/05/2022

VLW arrested with 10.4 kgs heroin worth crores in Uri

Precious Kashmir 20/05/2022

Relief From Hot Weather: Rains Lashes J&K, More Forecast Till May 24

Precious Kashmir 20/05/2022

Lightening kills man in Poonch

Precious Kashmir 20/05/2022

Kothibagh police station gutted in overnight blaze

Precious Kashmir 20/05/2022

Ramban tunnel collapse: 10 labourers trapped, rescue op on

Precious Kashmir 20/05/2022

Tunnel at Khooni Nallah Makerkote Caves In; Casualties Feared

Precious Kashmir 20/05/2022

LATEST UPDATES

Touseef re—elected as MC President Baramulla

Precious Kashmir 23/05/2022

Police Arrests 3 LeT Militants, Associate For Sarpanch’s Killing In Pattan

Precious Kashmir 23/05/2022

CRPF man dies of heart attack in Qazigund

Precious Kashmir 23/05/2022

Policeman Dies After Hit By Oil Tanker In Bandipora

Precious Kashmir 23/05/2022

Night Temp Rises Amid Forecast For Decrease In Rainfall Activity From Tomorrow

Precious Kashmir 23/05/2022

Excise duty cut on petrol, diesel; subsidy announced for Ujjwala gas beneficiaries

Indo Asian News Service 21/05/2022

Ramban tunnel collapse: 10 bodies retrieved, negligence case registered

Precious Kashmir 21/05/2022

J&K reports 15 new covid-19 cases, no death

Precious Kashmir 21/05/2022

10 injured in Ramban road accident

Precious Kashmir 21/05/2022

Conflagration Breaks Out in Dalgate Residential Area

Precious Kashmir 21/05/2022

Govt Orders Fire Safety Audit Of All Its Buildings ‘Immediately’

Precious Kashmir 21/05/2022

Kashmir Pandits hit streets again in Srinagar, demand relocation

Precious Kashmir 21/05/2022

Ramban Tunnel Collapse: Body Of One More Labourer Found, Toll 2

Precious Kashmir 21/05/2022

J&K Govt Ends Physical Verification For New Appointees, To Be Done Online From Next Month

Precious Kashmir 21/05/2022

MeT predicts ‘brief’ rain spell today, widespread showers with gusty winds tomorrow

Precious Kashmir 21/05/2022

Delimitation commission’s order come into effect from today

Precious Kashmir 20/05/2022

MHA Orders Transfer Of 5 IAS, IPS Officers; Navin Kumar Choudhary Transferred To Mizoram, M Raju To AP

Precious Kashmir 20/05/2022

Prof. Nilofer Khan Assumes Charge as Vice-Chancellor of Kashmir University

Precious Kashmir 20/05/2022

Infiltration bid foiled in Tangdhar Kupwara, 01 militant killed: Officials

Precious Kashmir 20/05/2022

VLW arrested with 10.4 kgs heroin worth crores in Uri

Precious Kashmir 20/05/2022

Relief From Hot Weather: Rains Lashes J&K, More Forecast Till May 24

Precious Kashmir 20/05/2022

Lightening kills man in Poonch

Precious Kashmir 20/05/2022

Kothibagh police station gutted in overnight blaze

Precious Kashmir 20/05/2022

Ramban tunnel collapse: 10 labourers trapped, rescue op on

Precious Kashmir 20/05/2022

Tunnel at Khooni Nallah Makerkote Caves In; Casualties Feared

Precious Kashmir 20/05/2022
  • Home
  • Front
  • Jammu & Kashmir
    • City
  • Anchor stories
  • Business
  • Sports
  • National
  • World
  • Opinion
    • Edit
    • Interviews
    • Letters
  • epaper
Monday, May 23, 2022
PRECIOUS KASHMIR
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Front
  • Jammu & Kashmir
    • City
  • Anchor stories
  • Business
  • Sports
  • National
  • World
  • Opinion
    • Edit
    • Interviews
    • Letters
  • epaper
Precious Kashmir
No Result
View All Result
Home Health

Scientists make history by growing plants in lunar soil

Indo Asian News Service by Indo Asian News Service
14/05/2022
in Health
2 min read
0
Scientists make history by growing plants in lunar soil

Washington: Scientists have grown plants in soil from the Moon, a first in human history and a milestone in lunar and space exploration.

A team from the University of Florida showed that plants can successfully sprout and grow in lunar soil, a first step toward one day growing plants for food and oxygen on the Moon or during space missions.

Their study, published in the journal Communications Biology, also investigated how plants respond biologically to the Moon’s soil, also known as lunar regolith, which is radically different from soil found on Earth.

The lunar soil – 12 grams or just a few teaspoons – was collected during the Apollo 11, 12 and 17 missions to the Moon.

To grow their tiny lunar garden, the researchers used thimble-sized wells in plastic plates normally used to culture cells.

Each well functioned as a pot. Once they filled each “pot” with approximately a gram of lunar soil, the scientists moistened the soil with a nutrient solution and added a few seeds from the Arabidopsis plant.

Arabidopsis is widely used in the plant sciences because its genetic code has been fully mapped.

As points of comparison, the researchers also planted Arabidopsis in JSC-1A, a terrestrial substance that mimics real lunar soil, as well as simulated Martian soils and terrestrial soils from extreme environments. The plants grown in these non-lunar soils were the experiment’s control group.

The results showed that nearly all the seeds planted in the lunar soils sprouted.

“We were amazed. We did not predict that. That told us that the lunar soils didn’t interrupt the hormones and signals involved in plant germination,” said Anna-Lisa Paul, research professor of horticultural sciences at the varsity.

The sprouted “plants helped establish that the soil samples brought back from the moon did not harbour pathogens or other unknown components that would harm terrestrial life, but those plants were only dusted with the lunar regolith and were never actually grown in it,” Paul added.

However, as time went on, the researchers observed differences between the plants grown in lunar soil and the control group. For example, some of the plants grown in the lunar soils were smaller, grew more slowly or were more varied in size than their counterparts.

These were all physical signs that the plants were working to cope with the chemical and structural make-up of the Moon’s soil, Paul explained. This was further confirmed when the researchers analysed the plants’ gene expression patterns.

“At the genetic level, the plants were pulling out the tools typically used to cope with stressors, such as salt and metals or oxidative stress, so we can infer that the plants perceive the lunar soil environment as stressful,” Paul said.

“Ultimately, we would like to use the gene expression data to help address how we can ameliorate the stress responses to the level where plants – particularly crops – are able to grow in lunar soil with very little impact to their health,” she noted.

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)
  • Click to print (Opens in new window)

Related

Indo Asian News Service

Indo Asian News Service

LATEST UPDATES

Touseef re—elected as MC President Baramulla

Precious Kashmir 23/05/2022

Police Arrests 3 LeT Militants, Associate For Sarpanch’s Killing In Pattan

Precious Kashmir 23/05/2022

CRPF man dies of heart attack in Qazigund

Precious Kashmir 23/05/2022

Policeman Dies After Hit By Oil Tanker In Bandipora

Precious Kashmir 23/05/2022

Night Temp Rises Amid Forecast For Decrease In Rainfall Activity From Tomorrow

Precious Kashmir 23/05/2022

Excise duty cut on petrol, diesel; subsidy announced for Ujjwala gas beneficiaries

Indo Asian News Service 21/05/2022

Ramban tunnel collapse: 10 bodies retrieved, negligence case registered

Precious Kashmir 21/05/2022

J&K reports 15 new covid-19 cases, no death

Precious Kashmir 21/05/2022

10 injured in Ramban road accident

Precious Kashmir 21/05/2022

Conflagration Breaks Out in Dalgate Residential Area

Precious Kashmir 21/05/2022

Govt Orders Fire Safety Audit Of All Its Buildings ‘Immediately’

Precious Kashmir 21/05/2022

Kashmir Pandits hit streets again in Srinagar, demand relocation

Precious Kashmir 21/05/2022

Ramban Tunnel Collapse: Body Of One More Labourer Found, Toll 2

Precious Kashmir 21/05/2022

J&K Govt Ends Physical Verification For New Appointees, To Be Done Online From Next Month

Precious Kashmir 21/05/2022

MeT predicts ‘brief’ rain spell today, widespread showers with gusty winds tomorrow

Precious Kashmir 21/05/2022

Delimitation commission’s order come into effect from today

Precious Kashmir 20/05/2022

MHA Orders Transfer Of 5 IAS, IPS Officers; Navin Kumar Choudhary Transferred To Mizoram, M Raju To AP

Precious Kashmir 20/05/2022

Prof. Nilofer Khan Assumes Charge as Vice-Chancellor of Kashmir University

Precious Kashmir 20/05/2022

Infiltration bid foiled in Tangdhar Kupwara, 01 militant killed: Officials

Precious Kashmir 20/05/2022

VLW arrested with 10.4 kgs heroin worth crores in Uri

Precious Kashmir 20/05/2022

Relief From Hot Weather: Rains Lashes J&K, More Forecast Till May 24

Precious Kashmir 20/05/2022

Lightening kills man in Poonch

Precious Kashmir 20/05/2022

Kothibagh police station gutted in overnight blaze

Precious Kashmir 20/05/2022

Ramban tunnel collapse: 10 labourers trapped, rescue op on

Precious Kashmir 20/05/2022

Tunnel at Khooni Nallah Makerkote Caves In; Casualties Feared

Precious Kashmir 20/05/2022
Precious Kashmir

Copyright © 2020 Precious Kashmir.

Navigate Site

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise with Us
  • Terms of Service

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Front
  • Jammu & Kashmir
    • City
  • Anchor stories
  • Business
  • Sports
  • National
  • World
  • Opinion
    • Edit
    • Interviews
    • Letters
  • epaper

Copyright © 2020 Precious Kashmir.