Purple carnation to be made available to gardeners

[apothecary]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1887888.htm

A purple carnation has become the first genetically modified plant which can be grown by home gardeners.

The carnation was modified by the insertion of genes from other flowers. It also contains a gene which makes it tolerant to a herbicide.

The flowers have been sold commercially for more than a decade, and the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator says there have been no reports of adverse effects on human health or the environment.

Four varieties of the modified carnation are now part of the inaugural listings on the national Genetically Modified Organism Register.

[shruman]

"The carnation was modified by the insertion of genes from other flowers. It also contains a gene which makes it tolerant to a herbicide."

Why would u want it tolerant of a herbacide?, u wouldnt want it to become a weed.

[Jesus On Peyote]

Guess that screws up the media theory that skunk was the first genetically modified plant.