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Plant a Row for the Hungry
11-01-21 It was a cold night in Washington, D.C., and I was heading back to the hotel when a man approached me. He asked if I would give him some money so he could get something to eat. I'd read the signs: Don't give money to panh andlers（乞丐） . So I shoo...
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新技术可改善农作物微气候
10-12-29 A study in HortTechnology featured a new technology that improved greenhouse climates by reducing solar heat radiation and temperatures during the hot summer season. The study, published by a team of Canadian researchers, was the first investigation...
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柳树种植收益情况调查
10-12-29 Woody ornamental plants（观赏植物） with colorful or unusually shaped stems, buds, flowers, or fruits represent a growing specialty niche in cut flower production markets. These unique plants can be good prospects for off-season production, offering...
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研究人员发现可控制苯基丙氨酸的基因
10-11-23 Purdue University scientists have found the last undiscovered gene responsible for the production of the amino acid（氨基酸） phenylalanine, a discovery that could lead to processes to control the amino acid to boost plants' nutritional values and p...
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爱尔兰马铃薯饥荒真菌的研究有新突破
10-11-18 Scientists are reporting a key advance toward development of a way to combat the terrible plant diseases that caused the Irish potato famine（饥荒，饥饿） and still inflict（造成，遭受） billions of dollars of damage to crops each year around the wo...
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木薯根茎可用于缓解维生素A缺乏
10-10-05 The roots of cassava（木薯） ( Manihot esculenta花叶木薯 ) serve as the primary source of carbohydrates（糖类，碳水化合物） in the diets of people in many arid regions（干旱地区） of the world, including more than 250 million people in sub-Saharan A...
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美国犹他州发掘出新种多角恐龙
10-09-24 A giant rhino（犀牛） with a ridiculously supersized head. Fifteen long, pointed sideways oriented eye horns: one over the nose, one atop each eye, one at the tip of each cheek bone, and ten across the rear margin of the bony frill. A horned face: l...
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研究人员首次发现胆红素存在于某花卉
10-09-09 A research team led by Cary Pirone from the Department of Biological Sciences at Florida International University has identified bilirubin（胆红素） in the popular Bird of Paradise（天堂鸟） plant. The breakthrough study, published in the September...
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氮气可影响植物的光合作用
10-07-01 As atmospheric carbon dioxide levels rise, so does the pressure on the plant kingdom. The hope among policymakers, scientists and concerned citizens is that plants will absorb some of the extra CO2 and mitigate（减轻，缓和） the impacts of climate c...
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光是如何影响植物生长的
10-06-25 For a plant, light is life. It drives everything from photosynthesis（光合作用） to growth and reproduction. Yet the chain of molecular events that enables light signals to control gene activity and ultimately a plant's architecture（建筑学） had re...
