>He is currently developing plants that use the mushroom luciferase system to communicate when they are stressed or infected by a virus. He imagines that future farmers might get an early heads-up about problems with their crops from satellites or drones flying at night.
Now this would be really cool. Seems pretty useful as well. Though I wonder if there's a risk of the gene spreading
its 50$ for seed or is it one seed? its unclear
"When asked whether Light Bio is worried about plant lovers sharing cuttings of the petunia with friends, Sarkisyan says that although the firm owns patents for the technology, it doesn’t plan to crack down aggressively on the behaviour".
I so want a shit ton of these for around my yard.... but... 50+$ for 1 plant (shipping+plant)
Luckily, you can make more plants from a single plant. Which makes me wonder about the commercial viability here, as plant people tend to be quite promiscuous when it comes to sharing cuttings...