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Some people like to talk to their plants. Now, students at Singapore
Polytechnic say they have created a plant that can communicate with
people -- by glowing when it needs water, March 2006.

The students said on Tuesday that they have genetically modified a plant
using a green fluorescent marker gene from jellyfish, so that it "lights up"
when it is stressed as a result of dehydration.

The light is hard to detect with the naked eye but can be seen using an
optical sensor developed in collaboration with students at Singapore's
Nanyang Technological University.

The development of such plants could help farmers to develop more efficient
irrigation of crops.

[www.checkbiotech.org]

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