So they’re basically trying to convert plants into chemoorganotrophs instead of photoautotrophs? Not really ground breaking and many organisms already do this just steal it from the many examples metabolic pathways. Also these chemicals still get produced using sunlight so what are they trying to prove? That plants themselves don’t need sunlight? Hydroponics already does this with vertical stacking.
So they’re basically trying to convert plants into chemoorganotrophs instead of photoautotrophs? Not really ground breaking and many organisms already do this just steal it from the many examples metabolic pathways. Also these chemicals still get produced using sunlight so what are they trying to prove? That plants themselves don’t need sunlight? Hydroponics already does this with vertical stacking.