13-05-13 British scientists say they have developed a new type of wheat which could increase productivity by 30%. 英国科学家称，他们开发了一种新型小麦，该品种可增产30%。 The Cambridge-based National Institute of Agricultural Botany has combined an ancient an...

13-03-08 Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have identified patterns of epigenomic diversity that not only allow plants to adapt to various environments, but could also benefit crop production and the study of human diseases. Published M...

12-11-21 Opium production in Afghanistan has fallen by a third, according to a United Nations report. 一份联合国报告显示，阿富汗的罂粟产量下降了1/3。 The fall came even as the amount of land used to cultivate the crop rose by 18%, the UN Office on Drugs and...

12-08-06 Plants produce toxins to defend themselves against potential enemies, from herbivorous（食草的） pests to diseases. Oilseed rape plants produce glucosinolates to serve this purpose. However, due to the content of glucosinolates, farmers can only use...

12-06-20 Biochemists at the University of California, Riverside report a new role for vitamin C in plants: promoting the production of twins and even triplets（三胞胎） in plant seeds. Daniel R. Gallie, a professor of biochemistry, and Zhong Chen, an associa...

12-06-20 Consumers will still face moderate grain price hikes this year, despite the country seeing a bumper harvest , a senior agricultural official said on Thursday. 农业部一位高级官员周四表示，虽然今年我国粮食会丰收，但消费者还是要面临粮价适度上涨的局面。...

12-04-27 A peddler（小贩） sold earthen basins in the wayside, he chanted as knocked: Earthen basin is round, beautiful and solid, judging by the sound, they are all good. At the time of his knocking, that earthen basin was broken into pieces with a crack. L...

10-09-12 Each year, thousands of acres（英亩） of crops are planted throughout Africa, Asia and Australia only to be laid to waste by a parasitic（寄生的） plant called Striga（独脚金） , also known as witchweed. It is one of the largest challenges to food s...

10-08-11 Production of ricethe world's most important crop for ensuring food security and addressing povertywill be thwarted（挫败，反对） as temperatures increase in rice-growing areas with continued climate change, according to a new study by an internatio...

09-10-21 The UK should plough 2bn ($3.3bn) into crop research to help stave off world hunger, says the Royal Society. 英国皇家学会称，英国应该投资20亿英镑到作物研究以帮助避免世界饥荒。 The world's food supply has to rise by about 50% in 40 years, the report...