#TheSecretLifeofPlants “Potatoes that glow when stressed: Scientists tap into tubers in trouble”

“Hebrew University researchers implant gene with fluorescent protein that changes color according to levels of stress indicated by quantity of potentially harmful free radicals Scientists at Jerusalem’s Hebrew University have managed to genetically engineer a potato to glow in a particular color when it is feeling under the weather. Like humans, plants suffer stress if […]”

Potatoes that glow when stressed: Scientists tap into tubers in trouble