“Hobby lemon?”
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Naz@sh.itjust.works 2 days agoBotanist dragging a barrel of glowing green fluid across the tiles of the station floor
Security Chief: “Botanist! What the ABSOLUTE HELL are you doing with 50 liters of radium?”
Botanist: “Mutating the corn so it’s blight and drought resistant”
Chief: “???”
Botanist: “I’ve also mutated a species of hobby lemon to fill itself with sugary lemonade instead of citric acid”
Chief: “Oh, holy crap okay go right ahead”
Prathas@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Miracle fruit is easier than doing your own genetic modifications
When the fleshy part of the fruit is eaten, this molecule binds to the tongue’s taste buds, causing sour foods to taste sweet
Prathas@lemmy.zip 16 hours ago
Interesting, TIL!
Triumph@fedia.io 2 days ago
Pretty much. Except that there was zero plan about what was going to come out the other end. It was just "irradiate, plant, see what happens."
Naz@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Lemons are an artificial creation by genetic splice of the bitter orange and citron :
TheHonourablePierrePoilievre@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
If you think thats interesting, look into the origins of maize corn.
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Or almonds
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Pretty sure the bitter orange is also a highly divergent crop that may be hybridized as well.