Soon you may buy permanently luminous at garden centers #planten . Scientists used the DNA of luminous mushrooms to make other plants also luminous.

In the Netherlands, luminous mushrooms grow in nature. They're fascinating to see, but you have to find them. This is difficult, because with all the artificial light around us, it is often not dark enough to see the weak radiation of the luminous mushrooms.

You may soon be able to see the same phenomenon in your living room or in the garden in plants that are not normally luminous.
Tobacco plants

A group of scientists have added the DNA of luminous mushrooms to the DNA of tobacco plants, giving their roots, stem, leaves and flowers a permanent green light. This genetic modification is applicable to all kinds of plants, but the researchers chose tobacco plants because they are genetically simple and grow fast.

Previously, there have also been experiments in which enzymes from fireflies temporarily made plants luminous, but the genetically modified tobacco plants are ten times as bright and radiate light permanently.
Young parts give more light

The younger the leaves, the more light they gave. The amount of light they emit reflects the metabolic processes taking place in the plant. Thus, the younger parts of the plants turned out to emit significantly more light, as soon as there was a ripe banana peel nearby. That shell releases the growth hormone ethylene.

The research is a collaboration between Russian, British and Austrian scientists and the startup Planta from Moscow. Planta is now working with the biotech company Light Bio to launch a range of luminous indoor plants on the market in a few years' time.

Source: Bright