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For all plants available, why tobacco?

• Pigalowda 3y ago
  It’s a model organism in plant bio. Like drosphila/fruit flies or xenopus/frog or E.coli and candida
• gerdesj 3y ago
  Its a plant, and: "Tobacco is the easiest land plant in which to manipulate Rubisco and so serves as the test case for developing a more efficient Rubisco that can be transferred to more agronomically relevant species, Gunn said." Call it Nicotiana instead!
  • cmrdporcupine 3y ago
    FWIW it's a beautiful plant. I grow it every year just for the flowers, which have an amazing scent. A humid evening after a rain, the garden at night with the flower scent. Quite lovely. I've tried curing and smoking the leaves, but without the right facilities it doesn't go too well and doesn't produce anything close to the quality of store bought pipe tobacco.
    • gerdesj 3y ago
      It is beautiful and a solid favourite here in the UK. I never did try to smoke a garden grown nicotiana. Thinking back on it, I probably should have grown my own and really got to grips with it. When I gave up fags, they costed around £10.50 for a packet of 20 Lambert and Butler. Nowadays £11.95 (1) I recently wrote this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36925512 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36925512 No pressure, but I do recommend not having to gasp for breath when you walk up a hill. It is a bit of a pain. To be fair, I'm not in the best of shape but my lungs are not what they were. (1) https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/shop/home-and-ents/tobacco-and-alternatives/cigarettes?preservedReferrer=https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/shop/home-and-ents/tobacco-and-alternatives/cigarettes https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/shop/home-and-ents/tob...
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• dmix 3y ago
  No one reads the article I see.
• gweinberg 3y ago
  They had already used all their poison oak in other experiments.
  • jmount 3y ago
    Couldn't get Triffids cuttings.