TED Talk2015.5.4---Pamela Ronald: 设计我们的食物
發佈日期:2015年5月4日
Pamela Ronald studies the genes that make plants more resistant to disease and stress. In an eye-opening talk, she describes her decade-long quest to help create a variety of rice that can survive prolonged flooding. She shows how the genetic improvement of seeds saved the Hawaiian papaya crop in the 1950s — and makes the case that it may simply be the most effective way to enhance food security for our planet’s growing population.
帕梅拉罗纳德研究,使植物对疾病和压力更耐的基因。在一个大开眼界的谈话,她描述了她长达十年的追求,以帮助创建一个水稻品种,可以长期存活洪水。她展示了如何种子的遗传改良保存的夏威夷木瓜产量在20世纪50年代 - 并使得它可能仅仅是加强粮食安全,为世界人口不断增长的最有效的办法的情况下。
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