Consider, for instance, a corn plant.

试想，比如，一株玉米作物。

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The corn plant has a pithy nodded stalk supported by prop roots.

玉米植株具有由根支柱支撑的精辟点了点头柄。

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Inside the cells of a corn plant, tiny molecules called RNA relay messages to help with cell activity.

玉米植株细胞内，作为RNA的中继消息的小分子帮助细胞保持活性。

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"Something had to be grown in rotation with corn." Scott Jackson, professor of plant genetics at Purdue University.

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Using the stalk of the corn plant instead of the kernels could open up a limitless, renewable fuel supply.

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Adding the enzyme to corn stalks, the researchers say, could allow easier conversion of the woody waste parts of the corn plant into ethanol.

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The company planned to plant corn on territory larger than the state of Connecticut.

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