This cottonseed could serve as a high-protein food for the world 's hungry , and falls well within the criteria set by the world health organization and us food and drug administration for food consumption , the researchers say .
Texas a & m university plant biotechnologist associate professor keerti rathore and colleagues report they have genetically altered the plant to reduce the levels of the toxic chemical gossypol in cottonseed , making it fit for humans to eat .
A trans-fatty acid is usually made from a vegetable oil - corn , cottonseed , or soybean , for example - that has been treated by a process called hydrogenation to make it a solid at room temperature .
反式脂肪酸是由植物油通过氢化作用使之在室温条件下以固体形式存在生产来的,比如玉米、棉籽和大豆。
This fungus also contaminates peanuts , cottonseed , pecans and grain sorghum .
这种真菌还会污染花生、棉籽、山核桃和高粱。
They also eat leaves , straw roots , cottonseed and water reed .
他们还吃树叶、草根、棉籽和芦苇。
The protein-rich , gm cottonseed could be ground into a flour and made into bread and other foods , he says .
有着丰富蛋白质的gm棉籽可以磨碎了做成面粉然后用来做面包或别的食物,他说。
They used so-called rnai or rna interference technology that can ' silence ' a gene to cut the amount of gossypol in the cottonseed .