This is a pretty interesting closing idea. From the article it seems they were originally flagged to this by a genomic commonality with other carnivorous plants. What percentage of plant genomes are sequenced that could be searched for this similar deletion?
Though as long as insects are the primary target I'm prepared to entertain the option of a cautious cold war rather than all-out destruction.
There was a whole 2nd graph talking about consideration of how a kill-it-with-fire decision would affect other living things, non-human even. Clearly more thought than a reddit post would have given. Seeing how reddit is deem such low class on this esteemed and high class board.
Have you happened to read the recent sequel, and if so how was it? I was kind of put off of Crichton by his later works after the original Jurassic Park (as usual, better than the movie)
I know the sequel was not completely Crighton's own work, but I did mostly enjoy Robopocalypse, so I'm wondering if it's worth my time ( and money: I mostly do audiobooks these days, which are a lot more expensive)
However, since this is carneverous plant stuff, if they start getting too big for their britches, we can use dandruff shampoo according to sily scifi plot lines instead of fire. That way it won't get out of control. The lastly, since we're not sure the effect of fire, it might be best to just take off and nuke it from orbit.
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
Of the later works, Dragon Teeth (posthumously published) is worth checking out - no high tech but more a scientific western story.