> I am not sure. But anthocyanin modification has been done, think of
> the blue carnation. Inducing it by alcohol can be done definitely.
Not only has Anthocyanin mod been done by others, there's a detail that
Keira and Nikolai leave out a lot, which is that *they've done dynamic
plant colour modification in the past*. They were on that (DARPA
funded?) project to make "bomb detecting plants" and have some amusing,
if not list-safe, anecdotes to share on the subject.
So, if you could back a team to make colour-changing plants, you
literally can't find a team more likely to deliver, because they're
possibly the only people to have done it before.
Cue Keira and Nikolai chipping in to tone down my rhetoric, I expect. :)
> A plant that changes colour when watered with ethanol.
> Nice product, I'd totally buy if I wouldn't get in prison here in
> Europe for owning it.
Crazy thing; the Moondust Carnation (The "blue" carnation) is actually
cleared for release in the EU, meaning you can legally own a Moondust
Carnation and keep one in your garden. The reason you can't buy one is
because the manufacturers are just plain stupid and only sell cut
flowers grown in Brazil.
The Common Flowers project that featured in Grow Your Own in Science
Gallery used plant tissue culture methods to grow cuttings from Moondust
Carnations into plantlets, with the intention of creating rooted
cuttings that would be released into the wild to crosspollinate with
other carnations, etcetera. I gather they're doing this on the
Continent, though all the ones we tried to raise in Science Gallery
succumbed to fungal contamination. :)
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