Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

Biotechnological development of plants for space agriculture

  • Yongming Liu,
  • Gengxin Xie,
  • Qichang Yang,
  • Maozhi Ren

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26238-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 3

Abstract

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The logistical and practical challenges of supplying food for long-term space missions are substantial. In this comment, the authors discuss potential biotechnological approaches that could be used to aid the production of food crops in space.