(DUBLIN, AP)The fungus blamed for the Irish Potato Famine was not the culprit after all. (美联社都柏林电)被认为造成爱尔兰马铃薯荒的那种真菌,其实并不是罪魁祸首。 During the 1840s,blight raced through Ireland's p

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Scientists now have a genetic map of the potato. The project is the work of a team from fourteen countries, the Potato Genome Sequencing Consortium. Potatoes are one of the world's leading food cro

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As the International Year of the Potato 2008 winds down, the United Nations is appealing for continued global attention on the role the potato can play in providing food security and eradicating poverty in helping to achieve the Millennium Developme

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Community Organizer Fights Blight in Detroit If one mans trash is another mans treasure, then the Brightmoor neighborhood of Detroit is John Georges gold mine. I look at Detroit through rose colored glasses. Ive been here all my life. We were the cit

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as American as apple pie hot potato 美国人很喜欢吃 apple pie。 Apple pie是一种用烤箱制作的甜点心,它的外面是一层面粉,里面是用苹果做的馅儿。中文有时把 ap

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couch potato mall rats 电视业的发展,特别是有线电视的出现为美国人提供了更多的选择,随之也就出现了一种花很多时间看电视的电视迷,人们把他们叫做:

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