马丁斯解释说，“番木瓜树在很多农村社区都是相当重要的作物，因为他们富含维生素，可以作为药用材料，还能在干旱的环境下生存下来。”
"Papaya is such an important crop for many rural communities because it's incredibly rich in vitamins, can be used medicinally, and survives drought," Martins notes.
比如，在夏威夷有一种新的抗虫害的番木瓜树。这种树可以抵抗环斑病毒的感染，而正是这种环斑病毒常常会降低当地番木瓜树的数量。
In Hawaii, for example, a new pest-resistant species of papaya tree has been developed in response to ring-spot virus infections that have repeatedly damaged the native papaya-tree population.
在一种致命的植物病毒横扫过泰国的Tha Pra后，照片右边的转基因番木瓜树仍然茁壮健康，而左面的传统树种则病病恹恹、果实更是稀少。
After a lethal plant virus swept through this field trial in Tha Pra, Thailand, the GM papaya trees on the right stood hearty, while the conventional trees on the left fell sickly and fruitless.
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