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The Ebro Delta, in Spain, famous as a battleground during the Spanish Civil War, is now the setting for a different contest, one
The Ebro Delta, in Spain, famous as a battleground during the Spanish Civil War, is now the setting for a different contest, one
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2021-01-08
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The Ebro Delta, in Spain, famous as a battleground during the Spanish Civil War, is now the setting for a different contest, one that is pitting rice farmers against two enemies: the rice-eating giant apple snail, and rising sea levels. What happens here will have a bearing on the future of European rice production and the overall health of southern European wetlands.
Located on the Mediterranean just two hours south of Barcelona, the Ebro Delta produces 120 million kilograms of rice a year, making it one of the continent’ s most important rice-growing areas. As the sea creeps into these fresh-water marshes, however, rising salinity (盐分) is hampering rice production. At the same time, this sea-water also kills off the greedy giant apple snail, an introduced pest that feeds on young rice plants. The most promising strategy has become to harness one foe against the other. The battle is currently being waged on land, in greenhouses at the University of Barcelona. Scientists working under the banner "Project Neurice" are seeking varieties of rice that can withstand the increasing salinity without losing the absorbency that makes European rice ideal for traditional Spanish and Italian dishes.
"The project has two sides," says Xavier Serrat, Neurice project manager and researcher at the University of Barcelona, " the short-term fight against the snail, and a mid-to long-term fight against climate change. But the snail has given the project greater urgency. "
Originally from South America, the snails were accidentally introduced into the Ebro Delta by Global Aquatic Technologies, a company that raised the snails for fresh-water aquariums (水族馆) , but failed to prevent their escape. For now, the giant apple snail’ s presence in Europe is limited to the Ebro Delta. But the snail continues its march to new territory, says Serrat. "The question is not whether it will reach other rice-growing areas of Europe, but when. "
Over the next year and a half investigators will test the various strains of salt-tolerant rice they’ ve bred. In 2018, farmers will plant the varieties with the most promise in the Ebro Delta and Europe’ s other two main rice-growing regions—along the Po in Italy, and France’ s Rh6ne. A season in the field will help determine which, if any, of the varieties are ready for commercialization.
As an EU-funded effort, the search for salt-tolerant varieties of rice is taking place in all three countries. Each team is crossbreeding a local European short-grain rice with a long-grain Asian variety that carries the salt-resistant gene. The scientists are breeding successive generations to arrive at varieties that incorporate salt tolerance but retain about 97 percent of the European rice genome (基因组).
What do we learn about "Project Neurice"?
选项
A、Its goals will have to be realized at a cost.
B、It aims to increase the yield of Spanish rice.
C、Its immediate priority is to bring the pest under control.
D、It tries to kill the snails with the help of climate change.
答案
C
解析
细节题。原文第四段最后一句话指出,这个项目有两方面内容,短期内和苹果螺斗争,中长期和气候变化抗争,但消灭苹果螺是该项目比较紧急的任务。由此可知,Neurice项目现在最紧迫的事情是控制害虫,故答案为C。A项原文未提及,故排除。原文提及Neurice项目旨在寻找既能经受日益增加的盐度又不会失去吸水能力的水稻品种,而不是旨在提高西班牙水稻的产量,故排除B。D项与原文不符,原文说的是该项目寻找在水稻盐度不断增加的情况下的耐盐水稻品种,从而杀死以稻米为食的苹果螺,气候变化是该项目中长期的抗争目标,而不是在该项目中帮助消灭苹果螺,故排除。
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