来自欧洲、美洲和澳大利亚等11个国家的科学家最近宣布成立国际合作机构,联合绘制香蕉的基因组图谱。绘制香蕉基因组图谱的最终目的是了解有关植物的进化过程,培育高产、高质量、抗病能力强的香蕉新品种。香蕉是仅次于水稻、小麦和玉米的全世界第四大作物,是约5亿人的主要食品 Scientists from 11 countries including Europe, the Americas and Australia recently announced the establishment of an international cooperation agency to map the banana genomics. The ultimate goal of mapping the genome of banana is to understand the evolution of plant and to cultivate new varieties of banana with high yield, high quality and disease resistance. Banana is the fourth largest crop in the world after rice, wheat and corn and is the main food of about 500 million people