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Biotechnology firm Light Bio in Sun Valley , Idaho , will begin shipping a batch of 50,000 firefly petunias in April .
The plant was approved by the US Department of Agriculture in September .
Unlike fluorescence, which requires special lightbulbs, the petunia ’s bioluminescence happens without needing any particular type of light or special food.
Light Bio owns patents for the technology, but it doesn't plan to crack down on the behaviour.
This year , the company shared4 that it has succeeded at increasing the brightness of the bioluminescence in its plants by incorporating genes from other mushroom species and using directed evolution to make them function better in the plants.
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