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Scientists Develop Space-Resilient Crops for Long-Term Mars and Moon Missions

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Source: Rude Baguette
Scientists Develop Space-Resilient Crops for Long-Term Mars and Moon Missions
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The Moon-Rice project, led by the Italian Space Agency and involving Italian universities, is developing super-dwarf rice using CRISPR technology to support long-term space missions and improve agriculture in extreme Earth environments, with potential benefits for global food security.

Topics:sciencescience-and-technology#crispr-cas#dwarf-rice#moon-rice-project#science-and-technology#space-agriculture#sustainable-agriculture
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  1. “We Engineered the Perfect Space Food”: US Scientists Unveil Super-Dwarf Plant Designed to Keep Astronauts Alive and Thriving on Years-Long Missions to Mars  Rude Baguette
  2. Moon-Rice: Developing the perfect crop for space-bases  EurekAlert!
  3. AI is helping to develop gentically engineered food for long-term space missions. We may all benefit  Genetic Literacy Project
  4. Scientists working how to grow rice on Moon, Mars  Dunya News
  5. Lunar Astronauts Could Eat "Moon Rice"  Universe Today

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