Simulations of agriculture on Mars using pea, carrot and tomato plants suggest that intercropping, growing different crops mixed together, could boost yields in certain conditions
Credit: Gonçalves et al., 2024, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Simulations of agriculture on Mars using pea, carrot and tomato plants suggest that intercropping, growing different crops mixed together, could boost yields in certain conditions
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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0302149
Article Title: Intercropping on Mars: A promising system to optimise fresh food production in future martian colonies
Author Countries: The Netherlands
Funding: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.
Journal
PLoS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0302149
Article Title
Intercropping on Mars: A promising system to optimise fresh food production in future martian colonies
Article Publication Date
1-May-2024
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
