But so far, no one has found an insect-resistant cowpea or a Striga-resistant maize plant.
但到目前为止,还没有人找到一种抗虫害的豇豆或者抗杂草的玉米品种。
In the 1990s, he conquered the greatest biological constraint to cereal production in Africa - the deadly weed Striga.
在上世纪90年代,它克服了非洲谷类生产的最大生物障碍,就是能使庄稼枯死的一种叫斯特赖加的寄生杂草。
In the nineteen nineties, Gebisa Ejeta and another Purdue researcher, Larry Butler, identified the complex relationships between Striga and sorghum plants.
VOA: special.2009.06.16
The seeds can also resist the Striga weed, a big cause of crop failures in Africa.
VOA: special.2009.07.07
That finding led to the development of seeds resistant to both Striga and drought.
VOA: special.2009.06.16
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