>He is currently developing plants that use the mushroom luciferase system to communicate when they are stressed or infected by a virus. He imagines that future

>He is currently developing plants that use the mushroom luciferase system to communicate when they are stressed or infected by a virus. He imagines that future farmers might get an early heads-up about problems with their crops from satellites or drones flying at night. Now this would be really cool. Seems pretty useful as well. Though I wonder if there's a risk of the gene spreading