Chickpea flowers grown on 75% moon dust
Photo by Jessica Atkin of Texas A&M University.
Chickpeas could even grow on the moon with the help of fungi and insects. The lunar soil is notoriously inhospitable to life, but the addition of simple fungi and earthworms could allow chickpeas and perhaps other plants to grow there.
Moon dust is sharp and clumpy, lacks some of the nutrients plants need, and is full of toxic pollutants that can kill any greenery that tries to grow there. jessica atkin In Texas…
Source: www.newscientist.com
