Europeans may ditch our roses for blue variety - by John Njiraini
The multibillion shilling cut flower sector is facing a ‘not so rosy’ future following the creation of genetically modified blue roses. After 14 years of research, an Australian company, Florigene Pty, has managed to create blue roses using the controversial genetic engineering technology.Already Japanese group Suntory, which owns Florigene, has been given the go-ahead to market genetically modified carnations in the European Union (EU) and sell them as cut flowers. The flowers, which started to circulate in the EU in February, are being sold with labels that clearly indicate the product is genetically modified. Considering that blue is Europe’s favourite colour, the flowers seem to be gaining popularity quite fast.
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