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What a bioluminescent petunia had to teach me

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Submitted ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Daryl76679@lemmy.ml⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2024/how-does-bioluminescent-petunia-glow-science

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  • 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Have there been experiments with wooded plants or do we know that there won’t be glowing forests, because it doesn’t work like that or something?

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    • Fermion@feddit.nl ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Bioluminescent ferns bordering a wooded path would be rather magical.

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    • Doxatek@mander.xyz ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I don’t think you could get wood/bark to fluoresce as it’s dead tissue… in general some tree species are very easy to work with and engineer. Poplar for example

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      • figjam@midwest.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You could totally get glowing fungus to grow on wood

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      • 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        But some parts of the tree must be still living

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