A commercial hybrid rice plant was produced a year later.

一年以后生产出了一株商业杂交水稻。

Long ago Dr yuan had a dream about rice plants as tall as sorghum.

很久以前，袁博士曾在梦里看到水稻长得像高粱一样高，。

So what's wrong with the rice plants?

那么水稻有什么问题呢？

Then he began his search for a special type of rice plant.

然后他开始寻找一种特殊的水稻品种。

After the harvest, Van does not burn the remains of the rice plants.

收获后，Van不会焚烧水稻植株的残留物。

This new hybrid produces higher yields than other local rice plants.

这种新杂交品种的产量比其他当地水稻产量更高。

It comes from a variety that doesn't give much yield, but it allows rice plants to survive underwater for weeks.

它来自一个产量不大的品种，但它能让水稻植株在水下存活数周。

Both men were honoured for their work in the development of new hybrid rice plants which produce higher yields.

两位均因在研究高产量的新型杂交水稻方面取得进步而获奖。

At the same time, this sea-water also kills off the greedy giant apple snail, an introduced pest that feeds on young rice plants.

与此同时，海水也杀死了贪婪的巨型苹果蜗牛，这种引入的害虫以水稻幼苗为食。

It's the pouch with the Burmese crest -- a cogwheel and a rice plant.

是那个邮袋 上面印着缅甸纹章一个钝齿轮和一株水稻。

This new variety produces crop yields 20% higher than other rice plants and it immediately began to improve food availability in China.

这项新品种比其他品种的产量高出20%并且很快就改善了中国的粮食供应情况。

Monty Jones's work has already led to the development of many new NERICA rice plants, some of which can increase yields by nearly 50%.

蒙蒂琼斯的发明让更多人开始种植NERICA杂交水稻，部分水稻的产量能够提高50%。

He made his breakthrough achievement in 1991 when he created a rice hybrid called New Rice for Africa (NERICA), by crossing Asian and African rice plants.

他在1991年取得突破通过杂交亚洲和非洲的水稻，创造了一种称为“非洲新水稻”（NERICA）的杂交水稻。

CRISPR, amazingly, has already cured people of devastating disorders like sickle cell disease, and it's created rice plants that are resistant to both diseases and drought.

令人惊奇的是， CRISPR 已经治愈了人们的镰状细胞病等毁灭性疾病，并且它培育出了能够抵抗疾病和干旱的水稻植物。

He thought there was only one way to do this-by crossing different species of rice plant, and then he could produce a new plant which could give a higher yield than either of the original plants.

他认为只有一种方法能实现它--杂交不同品种的水稻，然后他就能生产出一种新型水稻，它的产量比任何其他的原始品种都要高。

Mr. Yuan discovered a way to get rice plants to grow lots and lots of rice. He came up with a " hybrid" rice plant. Now, China can feed many people with this special rice.

袁先生发现了一种让水稻长出很多很多水稻的方法。他想出了一种“杂交”水稻植物。现在，中国可以用这种特殊的大米养活很多人。