They are grown in more than 50 countries, particularly in Asia and Africa, and contribute 11.5m tonnes of protein-rich pulses to the world's food supply, making them the third most productive leguminous food crop, after beans and peas.

在50多个国家（在亚洲和非洲特别多）都有种植，为世界应贡献了1150万吨富含蛋白质的，使其成为仅次于黄和豌的第三大科作物。

Such a general response no doubt helps the plant first attacked by attracting yet more wasps to the area, and it helps the fungal messengers by preserving their leguminous hosts.

毫无疑问，这样的特性可以让最先受到蚜虫侵袭的植株吸引更多的黄蜂，保宿主的同时也帮了这些真菌信使们一个大忙。

He and his colleagues have identified two leguminous genes that, when transplanted to poplars, a common experimental plant, cause them to grow nodules too.

他和他的同事识别出了两种科植物的基因，当将这些基因移植到杨树（一种常见的实验植物）中时，会导致杨树也长出根瘤。

The familiar sort used as magnifying glasses resembles those leguminous seeds But that resemblance may soon.

常用的放大镜似于那些种子，但这种相似之处可能很快就会改变。