TALK ABOUT INNOVATIONS, AUSTRALIA IS LEADING THE WAY AGAIN IN AN INDUSTRY THAT REALLY MATTERS - COTTON CLOTHING. THEY HAVE NATURAL COLOURED COTTON FIBRES FROM THE PLANTS THEMSELVES! THEY HAVE REACHED THE FIRST STAGE OF SUCCESS IN WORKING TOWARDS THIS. YOU SHOULD SEE WHAT ELSE THEY HAVE IN MIND - ABSOLUTELY AMAZING - COME AND SEE!
CSIRO Scientists Discover How To Grow Coloured Cotton, Removing Need For Harmful Chemical Dyes
By Tim Lee from Landline June 2020
A few dozen petri dishes in a high-tech greenhouse in Canberra hold the potential to transform the global textiles industry. They contain plant tissue, which within days will grow into cotton plants: not standard, everyday white cotton, but ones with a dazzling array of colours.
They are the product of CSIRO plant breeders dedicated to producing better, sustainable natural fibres that will hopefully one day lead to wrinkle-free, naturally dyed, stretchy cotton to outperform synthetic fabrics.
Colleen MacMillan leads the team of scientists who have cracked cotton's molecular colour code, adding genes to make the plants produce a colour.
"Having the cotton produce its own colour is a game changer," Dr MacMillan said.
"We've seen some really beautiful bright yellows, sort of golden-orangey colours, through to some really deep purple," fellow scientist Filomena Pettolino said.…
