摘要
英国和法国科研人员组成的研究团队对玉米农作物进行的一项研究首次发现，能控制农作物向玉米种子提供营养素的”生长基因”．并将该基因命名为Megl。Megl的发现意义重大．预示着人类可以大大提高农作物的产量，减缓地球人口不断膨胀带来的粮食安全压力。
Current Biology （2012,Voi. 22：2, 160） published the discovery of Meg1 a new ＂provisioning＂ gene in maize plants that regulates the transfer of nutrients from the plant to the seed could lead to increase crop yields and improve food security. This is a research work led by the University of Warwick in collaboration with the University of Oxford and agricultural biotech research company Biogemma-Limagrain and funded by the European Union and BBRSC.
出处
《中国科技信息》
2012年第6期2-2,共1页
China Science and Technology Information
