New remedy for plant disease named after Keanu Reeves
Why did the developers choose this association?
In the U.S., a new drug has been invented to fight sulfur rot, one of the most common plant diseases. They named it Keanu Reeves.
According to the developers, the drug can become an alternative to standard chemicals, since it is safe for both plants and people.
Except that people are more interested not in the effect of the drug, but its strange name. Why is it named after a Hollywood star? The creators have an answer to that question.
"Our drug kills the fungus so effectively that we named them after Keanu Reeves, because he is just as deadly in his roles" Sebastian Goetze, one of the main authors of the remedy study, clarified.