英譯漢

Green Gene Technology

For the past 10,000 years humans have influenced the plants they use at first unknowingly, later by design. Today's crops have been created by a process of selection and classical breeding.

More specific improvements in breeding will be possible in future.

Science has cracked the genetic information code. Green gene technology is an effective tool in crop breeding, enabling us to develop new crops even more rapidly and specifically. We can make them more efficient, optimizing their contents and valuable substances to suit the wishes and requirements of customers and the processing industry. Their metabolism can be individually modified, making them produce starch, protein and fats with special properties. Through gene transfer plants can be made more resistant to viruses, bacteria, harmful fungi and insect pests.

Genetically modified plants can be cultivated to possess improved stress behavior, with the result that they absorb water better in dry locations and can make more efficient use of soil nutrients. We can also optimize weed control. To do so, we make crops tolerant to environmentally sound and easily degradable herbicides. This is not as simple as it sounds. But we have been successful: Innovator has been on the Canadian market since 1995.This is the first oilseed rape variety to contain the glufosinate tolerance gene, facilitating the use of AgrEvo's broad-spectrum herbicide liberty.

We are committed to green gene technology, with which we aim to make crop breeding even more efficient and environmentally friendly. Before being brought on to the market these genetically modified plants are researched and tested for years until the questions posed regarding their safety have been answered. This is a great opportunity for us to realize our vision: the use of faster methods to breed varieties which will continue to provide us with sufficient food and raw materials in future. Our fossil reserves will soon be exhausted. Experts estimate that we only have enough oil for another 43 years and natural gas for less than 60.

This means we must rethink and act accordingly, using new crop varieties to step up the move to replenishable sources of raw materials and energy. In other words, green gene technology is the key technology for sustainable agriculture.

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綠色基因技術

在過去一萬年中，人類改變了他們所利用的農作物。起初是無意的，后來則是刻意的。

今天的作物是通過淘汰選擇和傳統育種的方法而得到的。將來，農作物育種將可能會進行更有針對性的改進。

科學破譯了遺傳信息密碼。綠色基因技術是作物育種的一種有效工具，使我們能夠以更快速度開發新的作物，更有針對性地改良作物性狀。這些新作物由此產效增高，成分優化，能生產出有價值的物質，滿足顧客和農產品加工業的期望和要求。這些作物的新陳代謝能個別修改，從而生產具有特殊性能的淀粉、蛋白質和脂肪。通過基因轉移，增強植物抵抗病毒、細菌、有害真菌和害蟲的能力。

轉基因改良的作物抗環境脅迫能力得以提高，所以能較好地從干燥的土壤中吸收水份，能更有效地利用土壤養份。我們還能優化雜草控制。這樣，使作物能忍耐那些環保易降解除草劑。這個說說容易，做起來就不是那么回事了。盡管如此，我們已經獲得了成功：早在1995年“革新者”牌就推向了加拿大市場。這就是第一代含油作物的變體品種，含有抗草銨膦基因，因此可以自由方便地使用農業環保公司生產的廣譜除草劑。

我們采用綠色基因技術，目的在于使作物育種更有效，更環保。這些轉基因作物投放到市場之前，我們對其安全性進行了多年研究與試驗，直到所有問題都明朗化。這是一個實現我們目標的大好機遇。我們的目標是：應用更快捷的方法來培育品種，在將來不斷向我們提供足夠的食物和原料。化石能源儲備不久將被耗盡。老師們估計，原油僅夠用43年，而天然氣則不到60年。

這意味著，我們必須對此重新思考，采取行動，應用新作物品種來促進開發可重復利用的原料和能源。換言之，綠色基因技術就是可持續農業的關鍵技術。