Dr Ronald, of the University of California, Davis, has been working for the last 15 years to isolate the gene for flood tolerance in rice.

罗奈尔德博士来自加州大学戴维斯分校，15年来，她致力于从水稻中分离出抗洪基因。

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Ronald added her new rice yields about five-fold more grain under conditions of flooding.

罗奈尔德还表示，洪水条件下，新品水稻的产量将在传统水稻产量的6倍左右。

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Shortly after she met Adamchak, Ronald began looking for a variety of rice that could resist the floods that annually destroy 4 million tons of crops in India and Bangladesh.

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