烟草在线据泰国《民族报》报道编译　　泰国财政部下属的国有企业——泰国烟草专卖公司（TTM）与新加坡金龙投资公司合作设立了一个实验项目，旨在提高烟草作物对病毒性疾病的免疫能力。

　　这个项目是专门为弗吉尼亚烤烟、白肋烟和土耳其烟草等烟草类型而设计的，标志着烟草首次被运用到旨在通过提高抗病毒感染力而提高产量的实验中。

　　泰国烟草专卖公司的常务董事Torsak Chotimongkol说，该项目的实验过程可广泛适用于其他作物和农产品，并可通过可持续发展直接提高农民的收入水平。

　　对烟农来说，烟草的病毒性疾病是一个大问题，会导致烟草产量减少30%。

　　金龙投资公司被选为该项目的主要咨询伙伴。该公司聘请了几个病毒性疾病方面的专家，而且针对植物病毒和动物病毒开展了大量的重要研究项目。

　　金龙投资公司总裁Chatchaval Jiaravanon表示，该项目将分为两部分进行。

　　第一部分将在印尼的病毒学实验室和泰国烟草专卖公司Maejo烟草试验站的实验园进行，并将对病毒性样本进行收集和分析。

　　第二部分将在温室内种植烟草，在温室内的可控气候下，可通过持续监测烟草的培育和收获，以对质量提高做出评估。

　　泰国烟草专卖公司说，它希望这种共同努力将是改革泰国农业的一个重要因素，通过让农民提高产量和生产较高质量的产品，来帮助提高价值链的效率。

　　该项目是根据可考虑到的实际商业应用设计的，最终目标是把生产的世界首批提高了病毒性免疫能力的烟草种子出口到全球。

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　　泰国开展的提高烟草作物对病毒性疾病的免疫能力的实验项目，将对农业发展具有重要意义。烟草现在在很大程度上还是一种受到多种自然环境因素影响的作物，病毒性危害很大。而烟农，是低收入人群，如果能保证其收入来源，将会大大提高他们的生活质量。泰国烟草专卖公司投资开展这样的项目，一方面能促进烟农的收入，另一方面也能使公司获得高质量的烟叶，以及可以出售新品种的烟草种子增加公司收入。此外，这些技术还可以用于其他作物，能提高农民其他作物的收入水平，对整个农业都是非常有利的事情！

Thailand: TTM Joins Project to Fight Viral Diseases in Plants

　　The Thailand Tobacco Monopoly (TTM), a state-owned enterprise within the Ministry of Finance, has established an experimental project in cooperation with Singapore's Gold Dragon Investment that aims to boost the immunity of tobacco plants to viral diseases.

　　The project, designed specifically around the Virginia, Burley and Turkish tobacco strains, marks the first time that tobacco has been used in an experiment that aims to increase production yields through improved resistance to viral infections.

　　The process may end up having a wide application to other plants and agricultural products, and directly improve the well-being of farmers through sustainable development, TTM managing director Torsak Chotimongkol said.

　　Viral diseases in tobacco have been a major problem for farmers, resulting in production losses of up to 30 per cent.

　　Gold Dragon Investment was chosen as the prime consulting partner for the effort. The company employs several specialists in viral diseases and has undertaken a number of important research projects focusing on plant and animal viruses.

　　It chairman, Chatchaval Jiaravanon, said the project would be undertaken in two parts.

　　The first will be conducted in Indonesia's virology laboratory and the experimental nursery of TTM's Maejo Tobacco Experimental Station and will involve viral samples being collected and analysed.

　　The second part will involve the planting of tobacco in a greenhouse, where in a controlled climate the plants will be continuously monitored through cultivation and harvest to assess the quality improvements.

　　TTM says it hopes the joint effort will be a significant factor in revolutionising the Thai agricultural industry, helping to streamline the value chain by allowing farmers to boost yields and produce higher-quality products.

　　It is designed with real-world commercial applications in mind, with the ultimate goal the production of the world's first tobacco seeds with enhanced viral immunity that would be exported around the world. Enditem