astrobotany
Sign in to savethumb|A zucchini being grown on the International Space StationAstrobotany is an applied sub-discipline of botany that is the study of plants in space environments. It is a branch of astrobiology and botany.
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- Extraterrestrial vegetation
- Vegetation red edge
- Vegetation searches
- Character of extraterrestrial vegetation
- Growing plants in space
- History
- Seeds
- Plants
- Known terrestrial plants grown in space
- Plants for life support in space
- Plant research
- Experiments
- Results of experiments
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
thumb|A zucchini being grown on the International Space StationAstrobotany is an applied sub-discipline of botany that is the study of plants in space environments. It is a branch of astrobiology and botany.
Astrobotany concerns both the study of extraterrestrial vegetation discovery, as well as research into the growth of terrestrial vegetation in outer space by humans.
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