Timeline for Would Earth plants grow in an alien environment?
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| Oct 8, 2018 at 23:32 | comment | added | Richard Smith | Well, the Earth plants would have Earth bacteria on them capable of breaking them down. | |
| Oct 8, 2018 at 22:47 | comment | added | Kat | I think part of the question is whether or not plants could extract the nutrients they need from soil on an alien planet. | |
| Oct 8, 2018 at 17:21 | comment | added | jamesqf | There are important exceptions to microorganisms not being important to plant growth. Mycorrhizae are fungi that inhabit the roots of a plant, helping it extract nutrients from the soil: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycorrhiza And nitrogen-fixing bacteria in legumes &c are important for extracting nitrogen from the air: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… But savvy colonists would take a supply of both... | |
| Oct 8, 2018 at 16:46 | history | answered | TheShadowOfZama | CC BY-SA 4.0 |