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Regolith physical properties

Features of lunar regolith such as grain size, agglutinates, nanophase iron, and micropores affecting its suitability as a plant growth substrate.

Confidence
70%
active

Source

Anna-Lisa Paul et al. (2022). Plants grown in Apollo lunar regolith present stress-associated transcriptomes that inform prospects for lunar exploration doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03334-8