Farming on Mars: Treatment of basaltic regolith soil and briny water simulants sustains plant growth

• Pooja Kasiviswanathan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Microbiology Undergraduate Program, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

  Affiliation Ames High, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

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• Elizabeth D. Swanner,

  Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Geological & Atmospheric Sciences, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

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• Larry J. Halverson,

  Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

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• Paramasivan Vijayapalani

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: vijaya@iastate.edu

  Current address: PathoVacs Incorporated, Iowa State University Research Park, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

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