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Andy Weir s bestselling 2011 book, The Martian, features botanist Mark Watney s efforts to grow food on Mars after he becomes stranded there. While Watney s initial efforts focus on growing potatoes
U of A researchers presented an abstract at the 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference suggesting genetically modified rice could grow in the Martian regolith.
New research presented at the 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference by a team of interdisciplinary researchers from the U of A suggests future Martian botanists may be able to grow gene-edited rice on Mars.