Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=48651#.VK4Z_snQrzE Author(s) Gertrud Konings-Dudin , Michelle J. Butcher , Jesus A. Castor-Macías , Benjamin Kohanloo , Michelle Garcia Affiliation(s) Biology Department, El Paso Community College, El Paso, USA . Biology Department, El Paso Community College, El Paso, USA . Biology Department, El Paso Community College, El Paso, USA . Biology Department, El Paso Community College, El Paso, USA . Biology Department, El Paso Community College, El Paso, USA . ABSTRACT <span "="">Endomycorrhizal fungi play an important role in the survival of plants on poor soils. Planting seeds into lunar soil at a lunar colony will be a challenge for seeds of any plant. The seeds will need a special microbial “tool kit” that will help them germinate and the young seedlings establish themselves. In this study, seeds of the prickly pear cactus, Opuntia ficus-in...
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