科学家除了利用传统栽培方法,还利用生物科技培育节水农作物,以满足不断增长的世界粮食需求。
Scientists are using biotechnology as well as traditional breeding methods to develop water-saving crops to feed the growing world.
这项在《生物燃料的生物科技》期刊上发表的研究发现,每英亩的西瓜能产生约20加仑的燃料,而(如果不加以利用,)这些水果就会被白白浪费。
The study, published in the journal Biotechnology for Biofuels, discovered that watermelons could produce around 20 gallons of fuel per acre from fruit that otherwise would go to waste.
基因信息是目前正蓬勃发展的生物科技工业的原料;此工业利用人类DNA制造特化蛋白质,这些蛋白质或许可作为治病药物之用。
Genetic information is the raw material of the burgeoning biotechnology industry, which USES human DNA to build specialized proteins that may have some value as disease-fighting drugs.
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