乌干达研究人员培育出一种抗香蕉枯萎病的转基因香蕉。香蕉是乌干达除水稻外最主要的作物,全国约70%左右的人口以香蕉作为主要食物。自2001年以来,乌干达香蕉因枯萎病损失约2亿美元。香蕉枯萎病在布隆迪、刚果、肯尼亚、卢旺达以及坦桑尼亚等地也有报道。 Ugandan researchers have developed a transgenic banana that is resistant to banana wilt disease. Bananas are the most important crops in Uganda except rice. About 70% of the population in the country uses banana as their main food. Since 2001, Uganda’s banana has lost about 200 million U.S. dollars due to blight. Banana blight is also reported in Burundi, the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania.