Simulations of agriculture on Mars using pea, carrot and tomato plants suggest that intercropping, growing different crops mixed together, could boost yields in certain conditions

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Comparison between intercropping treatment from the three soils. A: Sand. B: Mars regolith simulant. C: Potting soil.

Credit: Gonçalves et al., 2024, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Simulations of agriculture on Mars using pea, carrot and tomato plants suggest that intercropping, growing different crops mixed together, could boost yields in certain conditions

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Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0302149

Article Title: Intercropping on Mars: A promising system to optimise fresh food production in future martian colonies

Author Countries: The Netherlands

Funding: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.

Article Title

Intercropping on Mars: A promising system to optimise fresh food production in future martian colonies

Article Publication Date

1-May-2024

COI Statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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