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1. Plants in Space: The Basics
2. List of Plants Grown in Space
3. Timeline of Astrobotany
4. Astrobotany Literature
5. Research Tools and Space Plant Habitats
6. Stressors of Spaceflight
7. Air Composition in Space Environments
8. Plant Gravitropism
9. Lighting for plants in space
   1. Optimal Lighting for Plants in Space
   2. Why Not Use Sunlight?
   3. Delaying Germination With Far Red Light
10. Arabidopsis thaliana: The Model Organism
11. NASA Target Crops
12. Martian ‘Soil’
13. Molecular Biology Research
14. Astrobotany Interviews

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