article_snippet.sent: Results could help farmers on Earth Earth get a higher crop yield - and may also help future astronauts grow plants on missions beyond Earth orbit to the moon and Mars.
article_snippet.sent: If the study proves successful, the study could help humans grow humans own food in space, helping in the quest to colonise other planets.
article_snippet.sent: Results could help farmers on Earth get a higher crop yield - and may also help future astronauts grow plants on missions beyond Earth orbit to the moon and Mars (illustration shown)
article_snippet.sent: could mean that plants on Earth could be modified to make plants on Earth more healthy.
article_snippet.sent: And the role of amyloplast is proven to be correct could also help cultivate healthy plants for consumption on future deep space missions, or even other planets.
article_snippet.sent: Thus, the agricultural output of the designed plants will be greatly increased, which may solve, in part, the shortage of crops in the near future.
highlights_snippet.sent: Results could help farmers on Earth get a higher crop yield .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: And it may also help future astronauts grow plants on Mars .