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Enhancing the scent of a flower by ten-fold

Posted by Robin on 7 October 2008 6 Comments

A team of scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has found a way to genetically enhance the scent of flowers and implant a scent in those that don't have one.

[...] In research that was published recently in the Plant Biotechnology Journal, Prof. Vainstein and his research assistant Michal Moyal Ben-Tzvi succeeded, together with other researchers, to find a way of enhancing the scent of a flower by ten-fold and cause it to emit a scent during day and night - irrespective of the natural rhythm of scent production .

— From Genetically enhancing the scent of flowers at Seedquest.

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  1. Anonymous says:
    8 October 2008 at 12:29 pm

    I hope this doesn't make a problem for the pollinators. Genetically modified food is a bit scary for many people, and there have been issues with keeping the crops really separated.
    It's a very intriguing idea, but hopefully not one that will result in a backfire down the road.

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  2. Anonymous says:
    8 October 2008 at 2:23 pm

    Don't people have anything better to do? Isn't there a disease they can cure? Yeesh.

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  3. Anonymous says:
    8 October 2008 at 2:37 pm

    Unless I misunderstand, it's supposed to help w/ pollination? But I don't know much of anything about it.

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  4. Anonymous says:
    8 October 2008 at 2:37 pm

    Gosh, I'm blogging about perfume so I guess I won't throw stones ;-)

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  5. Anonymous says:
    8 October 2008 at 11:33 pm

    lol – you're not throwing away an advanced degree in biochemistry to write a blog!

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  6. Anonymous says:
    9 October 2008 at 8:14 am

    No, just an advanced degree in history, LOL…

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