转基因水稻,是指通过转基因技术将不同品种水稻或近缘物种的抗虫基因、抗病基因等导入某种水稻基因组内培育出的水稻品种。如:BT63/CpTI 转基因抗虫水稻等。 转基因水稻的研究开始于20世纪后期。时至今日中国国产的转基因水稻已在美国获得食用许可。
消息人士称,其商业化种植可于2-3年后开始,这意味着我国将成为全球首个转基因水稻商业化种植国家。
Sources said it may take 2-3 more years for the rice to reach production, thus making China the 1st country in the world to commercialize the production of GMO rice.
美国、加拿大、阿根廷等国都种植了转基因玉米、棉花和大豆,但转基因水稻迄今尚未在任何地区大规模种植。
Genetically modified corn, cotton and soybeans are grown in the U.S., Canada, Argentina and other countries, but genetically modified rice has so far not been grown on a major scale anywhere.
在菲律宾的这个试验站,国际水稻研究所的科学家们正在研发抗旱转基因水稻,而干旱是水稻最严峻的生存压力之一。
At this research station in the Philippines, scientists at the International rice research Institute are developing GM rice that can tolerate drought, one of the toughest stresses on crops.
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