Rice seeds carried to the moon and back sprout

Rice seeds carried to the moon and back sprout

Space Daily

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Beijing (XNA) Jan 01, 2021

Some of the 40 grams of rice seeds that made a round trip to the moon have sprouted and are ready for follow-up studies, according to Science Daily on Monday. The rice seeds traveled to the moon and returned to Earth after 23 days of flight aboard China's Chang'e 5 lunar probe. This marks the first time China conducted a deep space induced mutation breeding experiment on rice. The se

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