All of the plucky Arabidopsis seeds did sprout and grow.

所有勇敢的拟南芥种子都发芽生长了。

So the researchers planted Arabidopsis, a hardy little plant, in twelve pots of real moon dirt and sixteen pots of the fake, Earth-made moon dirt for comparison.

因此，研究人员在 12 盆真正的月球土壤和 16 盆人造月球土壤中种植了一种耐寒的小植物拟南芥，以进行比较。

The work was done in a model system, using a mustard plant called Arabidopsis, but Wigge says the phytochrome genes necessary for temperature sensing are found in crop plants as well.

这项工作是在一个模型系统中完成的，使用了一种叫做拟南芥的芥菜植物，但 Wigge 说， 在农作物中也发现了温度感应所必需的光敏色素基因。