Re: [DIYbio] Re: Dwarf tobacco?

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On Monday, February 3, 2014 11:41:11 AM UTC-8, Andrew Willoughby wrote:
Caffeine...


On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 8:52 AM, Cathal Garvey <cathal...@cathalgarvey.me> wrote:
Well, I can imagine that if you chop the head off that biosynthetic
chain, you'll end up with a pretty optimised precursor pathway for other
alkaloids (nicotine is alkaloid, right?).

The problem is, nobody will hear "nicotine free", they'll just hear
"tobacco". It's a sure-fire, ironclad, guaranteed way to end up being
accused of trying to shill GMO ciggies.

On 03/02/14 14:44, John Griessen wrote:
> On 02/01/2014 11:08 PM, Sebastian Cocioba wrote:
>> As for the commercial aspect, I really am not interested in making
>> tobacco any more desirable.
>
> It could become desirable as a GMO factory.  Maybe it's evolved ability
> to create
> nicotine while still thriving will even help with creating other side
> benefit drugs,
> oils, plastics precursors, etc....
>

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