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minus-squareAqivex@fedinsfw.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·15 hours agoAnthocyanins!. Which curiously enough, can also photosynthesize, and more readily absorb energy from green light than chlorophyll! Makes me wonder what could be achieved with some careful engineering…
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoPurple Humans who don’t need to eat.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agothere are plenty of purple plants, im guessing certain plants evolved to do this, and most remain green(there also other complicated mechanism like cam, c2,etc. plants can get sunburned if exposed to too much light.
minus-squarerants_unnecessarily@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoThat paper talks only about it producing red leaves, or “vermilion” as it calls them.
Anthocyanins!.
Which curiously enough, can also photosynthesize, and more readily absorb energy from green light than chlorophyll!
Makes me wonder what could be achieved with some careful engineering…
Purple Humans who don’t need to eat.
there are plenty of purple plants, im guessing certain plants evolved to do this, and most remain green(there also other complicated mechanism like cam, c2,etc. plants can get sunburned if exposed to too much light.
That paper talks only about it producing red leaves, or “vermilion” as it calls them.