More and more plants are having their genomes sequenced: a full sequence for maize was published late last year, the soya genome in January.

越来越多作物的基因序列得到确定，玉米的整个序列在去年年末公布了，大豆的基因在1月份也公布了。

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By the late 1800s in North America, Halloween had developed into a family festival full of parties, seasonal foods (pumpkins, maize and apples) and costumes.

到了19世纪末期，在北美地区，万圣节已经变成一个家庭节日。充满了派对，时令食物和奇装异服的元素。

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The results obtained from 3 hybrids of maize showed there were higher content and yield of protein in grains from the late stage or wax ripeness to maturity stage.

通过研究3个玉米杂交种成熟过程中籽粒蛋白质及几种氨基酸的变化表明：玉米在腊熟后期至成熟籽粒的粗蛋白含量和单位面积生产量较高。

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The fact that corn-ethanol production has continued to grow, despite the failure of a number of firms in late 2008 and early 2009, points to the efficacy of the various protections and subsidies it enjoys (falling maize prices helped too), though it says nothing about their efficiency or wisdom.

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