---
title: "My biotech petunia plants are dead."
url: https://daily.dev/posts/my-biotech-petunia-plants-are-dead--8rnkn10zh
source_url: https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/04/26/1091859/my-biotech-plants-are-dead/
type: article
source: "MIT Technology Review"
published: 2024-04-26T10:04:35.242Z
updated: 2024-05-09T09:27:15.675Z
tags: ["biotech"]
reading_time: 2
upvotes: 1
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# My biotech petunia plants are dead.

**[MIT Technology Review](https://daily.dev/sources/technologyreview)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A shipment of Firefly Petunias, houseplants genetically engineered with genes from bioluminescent fungi, arrived in poor condition and died. Some customers have had success with their plants, but others have encountered issues.

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