Editing Arabidopsis thaliana (section)

===Germination in lunar regolith===
On May 12, 2022, [[NASA]] announced that specimens of ''Arabidopsis thaliana'' had been successfully germinated and grown in samples of [[lunar regolith]]. While the plants successfully germinated and grew into seedlings, they were not as robust as specimens that had been grown in [[volcanic ash]] as a control group, although the experiments also found some variation in the plants grown in regolith based on the location the samples were taken from, as ''A. thaliana'' grown in regolith gathered during [[Apollo 12]] & [[Apollo 17]] were more robust than those grown in samples taken during [[Apollo 11]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Keeter |first=Bill |date=2022-05-12 |title=Scientists Grow Plants in Lunar Soil |url=http://www.nasa.gov/feature/biological-physical/scientists-grow-plants-in-soil-from-the-moon |access-date=2022-05-14 |website=NASA |archive-date=14 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220514200820/https://www.nasa.gov/feature/biological-physical/scientists-grow-plants-in-soil-from-the-moon/ |url-status=live }}</ref>