Just What We Needed Dept. – Genetically Modified Crops That Glow Green When Stressed
Genetically altered Arabdopsis Thaliana plant, with green fluorescent protein (GFP) inserted near the on/off switches for anoxia and drought genes. Cells expressing those genes glow green under a blue light (as shown). Image and caption credit: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection A group of University of Tennessee plant scientists has genetically modified tobacco plants so that the plants will give off a phosphorescent green “glow” when plant immune systems are under stress – as might be caused by plan… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Link:
Just What We Needed Dept. – Genetically Modified Crops That Glow Green When Stressed
Posted by
on January 13, 2011. Filed under
Lifestyle,
News.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the
RSS 2.0.
You can leave a response or trackback to this entry