广播电视英语短句 第 72 课：减少农业用水量-5

The team is now doing field tests. 干旱小组目前正在做田间试验。

The first breeding line is expected to be released next year for use by private seed companies and public soybean breeders.
第一繁育系预期在明年发布，仅为私人种子公司和公共大豆育种者使用。

Scientists are also working on other plants that either use less water or use it better, or both. 科学家也从事其他植物的研究，这些植物或者用水少，或者用水效率高，抑或二者兼备。

For example, companies like Monsanto, DuPont and Syngenta are developing corn with reduced water needs. 譬如，孟山都、杜邦和先正达农公司都在培育用水量小的农作物。

Monsanto expects to be ready in four years to market its first corn seeds genetically engineered to resist drought. 孟山都公司希望在四年内准备好将第一批利用基因工程研制出的抗旱农作物推向市场。