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  • From: <bob AT bidumup.com>
  • To: "Market-Farming (E-mail)" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Market-farming] irridescent potato
  • Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 13:59:25 -0500

Anthony Trewavas and his colleagues at Cambridge University have mixed the
genes of a jellyfish and potato, creating a new potato that they say can
help conserve water. Apparently a farmer can hold a black light up to the
plant, and if it glows, it means it needs water.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/ge/jellyfish_potato.cfm






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