东非农户与木薯病抗争
Hints:
cassava
mosaic
Uganda
Lake Victoria
Nigeria
Claude Fauquet
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Saint Louis
Missouri
校稿 龙猫08
翻译 _香阳洋洋_
组长 莜珍
About 800,000,000 people in Africa, Asia and South America eat cassava. The plant is a major source of food energy and a major food security crop. It can survive in poor soil and without much water. Also, the root can stay in the ground for as long as 3 years, so it can be harvested as needed. But i…
非洲、亚洲和南美洲约有8亿人食用木薯。木薯是当地人的主要食物来源，也是保障粮食安全的主要作物。木薯可以在贫瘠、干旱的土壤中生存。它的根可以在土壤中存活三年之久，因此可以如期收获。 但是东非的木薯遭受了袭击。木薯褐条病是木薯花叶病中危害性较大的一种病。花叶病已在东非活跃100年了，会限制植株生长。但褐条病会…