The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 17 days agoThat's just scienceimagemessage-square109linkfedilinkarrow-up11.1Karrow-down114
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minus-squarerants_unnecessarily@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·17 days agoSo why are some plants purple?
minus-squareAqivex@fedinsfw.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·17 days 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-up7·17 days agoPurple Humans who don’t need to eat.
minus-squarerants_unnecessarily@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 days agoThat paper talks only about it producing red leaves, or “vermilion” as it calls them.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 days 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-squareisleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·17 days agoThey never got the update.
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minus-squareSirdubdee@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·17 days agoCold nights while growing.
So why are some plants purple?
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.
That paper talks only about it producing red leaves, or “vermilion” as it calls them.
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.
Wish I knew lol
They never got the update.
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Cold nights while growing.