It is an enzymatic reaction - and comes from fireflies, or similar biological effects. So there's no reason that - at some point - the effect cannot be entirel

It is an enzymatic reaction - and comes from fireflies, or similar biological effects. So there's no reason that - at some point - the effect cannot be entirely generated in vivo rather than upon addition of particular ingredients. The hard part is getting enough light. Enough light to read by is a lot of energy for otherwise very efficient biological processes. Once engineered though, as long as the plant is energetically productive (alive and well-fed), the glow should persist. The glow could persist as long as the plant is alive. The paper: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04369 http://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04369