But a three-year study showed that beetles like to feed more on the transgenic plants, increasing cases of wilt disease.

VOA: special.2009.10.27

It contains an million tons of magnesium, 1,000,000 tons, which is more than has ever been produced in one year by all the magnesium plants in the world.

它含有一百万吨镁，一百万吨，那比我们每年世界各地,生产镁的工厂的总产量还要多。

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So plants and animals there are more like those found in northern Canada than in the rest of West Virginia.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

Their findings could help to engineer plants that grow better and more effectively in conditions with higher levels of carbon dioxide.

VOA: special.2010.01.26

The hotter the weather, the more quickly the waste breaks down into ammonia to be taken up by plants.

VOA: special.2010.03.15

He says there is likely more risk from lead dust on plants or from playing in the soil than from the plant itself.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

In fact, today there are more foreign plant species on the islands than there are native plants.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

Among the plants that can absorb more contaminants, they say,are root crops, leafy vegetables and herbs.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

They say this suggests that changing plants to save more water will not affect plant growth.

VOA: special.2010.01.26

However,he says, many plants are not closing their pores in order to hold in more water.

VOA: special.2010.01.26

"This exhibition represents a more mature view,if you like, one which can take account of catastrophes like earthquakes, problems at nuclear plants and tsunamis."

VOA: special.2011.04.08

Bean plants produce more beans if pods are continually removed before the seeds are mature.

VOA: special.2009.03.24

They brought in more than fourteen thousand cubic meters of fertile soil from New Jersey to make it possible to grow trees and other plants.

VOA: special.2009.10.30

To save money,they may buy small bedding plants instead of more costly plants or trees.

VOA: special.2009.02.03

They have identified more than six hundred different kinds of animals and plants.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

There are more than one thousand six hundred kinds of flowering plants.

VOA: special.2009.09.28

Scientists have discovered more details about how plants use water.

VOA: special.2010.01.26

Still,some plants do absorb more than others.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

The orchids in the Botanic Garden's greenhouse belong to about 5,000 species and there are more than 8,000 plants.

VOA: standard.2010.02.21

"It's a family that is comprised of more than 20,000 species, all of them are blooming plants."

VOA: standard.2010.02.21

The utility has two other solar plants nearing completion in Florida, including one that will make three times more energy than the Arcadia site.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

(SPEAKING) Sanou says that cotton used to be the biggest part of his farm, but now that the price has been dropping, he plants more corn.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

And one place to start is with 100 more nuclear power plants,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

Iranian television showed officials inaugurating new electricity plants and saying more gasoline is available, contrary to scattered reports from inside the country that gas stations are running low on fuel and that electricity brownouts are causing major disruptions.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20