In the midsummer season
Lotus flowers bloom in various places.
While attracting a large number of flower-viewers,
it also attracts some uncivilized "flower-picking thieves"
According to Straits Metropolis Daily report
There is a two-color lotus flower in Guanyin Lake of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
It is so rare. The lotus that I saw at first sight
was picked on the evening of the 16th.
The rare two-color lotus was picked. Source: Straits Metropolis Daily
The reporter contacted the
citizen Ms. Tong who posted online.
She said it was a young couple who picked the two-color lotus. When they were picking
, there were students on the side who were trying to stop them.
"It happens that the two-color lotus grows near the shore of Guanyin Lake. You just need to lie down and reach out to pick it." Ms. Tong said that the flowers on campus It is a public resource, and it is really infuriating to pluck it casually for selfish purposes.
According to upstream news reports, the reporter contacted Peng Donghui, deputy dean of the School of Landscape Architecture and Art and doctoral supervisor. According to him, "The occurrence probability of bicolor lotus is very low. The variety in our school belongs to the space lotus. After space radiation, it has been transformed from It has been 12 years since they were introduced in 2012, covering a total area of about 40 acres. The previous color was basically pink. This situation of half white and half pink should be the first time, and it is a very accidental probability. On the afternoon of
16, the school Doctoral students in related majors went to Guanyin Lake to mark and take photos of the space lotus. They wanted to wait for the flowers to fall and take the seeds to see if their color traits could be continued. Peng Donghui said: He said, “Its scientific research value lies in why two colors appear on a flower. The appearance of white and pink at the same time indicates that there is inconsistency in gene expression. Some genes are silenced and some genes are activated. We originally planned to conduct research on this and asked doctoral students to take photos and record it, but unfortunately, we heard that it was taken away last night, which is a pity. "
However, since the position of this two-color lotus has been locked, Peng Donghui plans to study the remaining lotus pods to see if he can gain a deeper understanding of the cause of the mutation.
After hearing the news, many netizens expressed anger. Some people also expressed their anger. I felt sorry for my classmate's "essay"...
Regarding the two-color lotus, science popularization writer and Weibo plant science guru "Amon" said that the phenomenon of two-color lotus, one flower with two colors, is usually called a plant. Chimera.
"Chimera is a genetic term used to refer to individuals with chimeric or mixed manifestations of different genetic traits. It means organisms with chromosomal abnormalities showing different traits in the same organ. The two different chromosomes appear not to be evenly mixed together, similar to bread baked by mixing different colored flours together. The incidence of chimerism may be different in different plants. You can try to conduct variety breeding research to see if you can retain this variety characteristic and cultivate multi-color varieties similar to Wanweisha. "
Civilized flower appreciation!
Source: China Youth Daily comprehensive upstream news
