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Marshall Porterfield Featured in Purdue Ag Article

September 13, 2024 - Included in Issue: 24-35

Marshall Porterfield with a “shuttle gum,” an American Sweetgum tree that was germinated in August of 1984 aboard the space shuttle Discovery by Purdue astronaut Charles Walker, in West Lafayette, Ind. on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024.

Marshall Porterfield with a “shuttle gum,” an American Sweetgum tree that was germinated in August of 1984 aboard the space shuttle Discovery by Purdue astronaut Charles Walker, in West Lafayette, Ind. on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024.

Purdue Agriculture featured a story on the work of Marshall Porterfield and colleagues: Purdue and NASA scientists plant the seeds for lunar agriculture.

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