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YAU to participate in space survival test

Recently, a180-day controlled space ecosystem test was officially launched in Shenzhen. Yunnan Agricultural Uni-versity, as a member of the technical support team, will take part in the test.

The space survival test, named “Green Voyage”, is a China-led, large-scale operation with multinational participation. It is designed to exam-ine comprehensive human and envi-ronmental symbiosis. Carried out in an artificially created and controlled ecosystem, the test, through the coor-dination of animal and plant cultiva-tion, waste water treatment and other functional experiments, simulates the circulation and regeneration of air, water and food in a closed environ-ment. The test will thus explore the establishment of a long-term life and health sustaining system with a sub-stantial reduction in land use. In the cabin, researchers cultivate 25 species of plants spanning five categories. 

Recommended by Yunnan Agricultur-al University and the Yunnan Plateau Agricultural Industry Research Insti-tute, a number of Yunnan’s indigenous plants, including Moringa, have been selected as candidates for research.

Before that, the research team led by Yunnan Agricultural University deciphered the Moringa genome and completed the world’s first Moringa fine genome map. Currently, Moringa has been identified as one of the daily vegetables for the test crew. 

SCIENCE

YAU to participate in space survival test

Recently, a180-day controlled space ecosystem test was officially launched in Shenzhen. Yunnan Agricultural Uni-versity, as a member of the technical support team, will take part in the test. The space survival test, named Green Voyage, is a China-led, large-scale operation with multinational participation. It is designed to exam-ine comprehensive human and envi-ronmental symbiosis. Carried out inan artificially created and controlled ecosystem, the test, through the coor-dination of animal and plant cultiva-tion, waste water treatment and other functional experiments, simulates the circulation and regeneration of air, water and food in a closed environ-ment. The test will thus explore the establishment of a long-term life and health sustaining system with a sub-stantial reduction in land use. In the cabin, researchers cultivate 25 species of plants spanning five categories. Recommended by Yunnan Agricultur-al University and the Yunnan Plateau Agricultural Industry Research Insti-tute, a number of Yunnans indigenous plants, including Moringa, have been selected as candidates for research. Before that, the research team led by Yunnan Agricultural University deciphered the Moringa genome and completed the worlds first Moringa fine genome map. Currently, Moringa has been identified as one of the daily vegetables for the test crew.