美国国家研究委员会最近报道了有关分子细胞和组织培养的进展情况,并说有关领域可能将对农业发生一次冲击,其影响可同19世纪末期遗传规律的发现相比。它“向科学家们呈现出一个新起点,就是要向不可预测但又大有潜力可图的方向进军。”由于有这个潜力,这篇报道建议农业科学家们在研究食用动物、农作物、植物病原体和虫害时,广泛运用分子和细胞的新技术。以此手段补充而不是代替常规的研究方法。这些常 The National Research Council of the United States recently reported on the progress of molecular cell and tissue culture and said that there may be an impact on agriculture in the area concerned, with effects comparable to those found in the late nineteenth century. It “presents scientists with a new starting point to move forward in ways that are unpredictable but potentially promising.” Because of this potential, the report suggests that agricultural scientists are researching food animals, crops, plant pathogens and Insect damage, the widespread use of molecules and cells of new technologies. As a means to supplement rather than replace conventional research methods. These often