Although blue roses do not exist in nature ... tumefaciens is often used in plant biotechnology because the bacteria readily inserts foreign DNA into plant genomes. When the researchers injected ...

I have looked after all types of roses during my time as a professional gardener. From the blousy, deeply fragrant blooms of ...

Suntory and Florigene achieved the blue color inserting a delphinidin-producing gene from a pansy into an Old Garden 'Cardinal de Richelieu' rose. When debuting in Japan, Applause was sold for 10 ...

Australian and Japanese researchers have demonstrated the application of RNAi technology for gene replacement in plants, developing the world's only blue rose. The CSIRO-developed RNAi technology ...

Finally, just the right balance of acidity is needed inside the cells of the plant to ensure the right shade of blue is expressed. The rose, in its current versions, lacks all three. "The rose is ...

"Chrysanthemums, roses, carnations and lilies are major floricultural plants, [but] they do not have blue flower cultivars," Naonobu Noda, lead study author and scientist at Japan's National ...

Then, they babble about blue being unnatural and retaliate with some sort of circular argument such as ‘who would want one anyway?’. Well, I would, for starters. I would love to have such roses in my ...

Blue roses. What Dutch growers of old and Dr ... This is because there is a trade-off between the energy that plants spend on making the complex, volatile chemicals that attract women and insects ...

Roses can be bred in colors ranging from white to yellow to orange to pink to red, based on the genes that are available in the gene pool of the plant. Blue pigments do not naturally occur in ...

Unfortunately for visitors who hope to see Buck`s blue roses, his herbaceous plants are not being very ornamental this season. The three plants in his yard are leafy and green, but there are no ...

Unfortunately for visitors who hope to see Buck’s blue roses, his herbaceous plants are not being very ornamental this season. The three plants in his yard are leafy and green, but there are no ...