UF/IFAS Researchers to Launch New Plants-in-Space Mission
Wednesday, February 8, 2017 - 09:31
in Biology & Nature
People put on sweaters when they're cold. Plants on the other hand, have to essentially knit one on the fly. Plants "knit" with their genes, and when University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers launch their Feb. 14 space experiment, they want to know more about how gene expression helps plants to adapt themselves to outer space.