Astroecology - a branch of astrobiology - Interactions of microorganisms and plants with solar system soils and minerals in meteorites and planetary materials in relation to the origins of life and future terraforming.

Astroecology

Planetary bioresources and astroecology. 1. Plant and algal microcosm bioassays of martian and meteorite soils

Figure 1d Plant tissue cultures of Asparagus officinalis in DAG 476 Mars meteorite extracts, supplemented with 5 mM NH4NO3 and 3% sucrose:

Michael N. Mautner, Soil, Plant and Ecological Sciences Division, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand, and Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8002, New Zealand mautnerm@lincoln.ac.nz

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