Gossypol was left at natural levels in the rest of the plant because it guards against insects and disease.

植株其他部分的籽酚保持在正常水平，因为预防病虫害。

Why, it's the Bull Weevil Monument in Enterprise, Alabama.

这就是位于阿拉巴马州埃内特市的籽象鼻虫纪念碑。

Mulch suppresses weeds and holds moisture in the soil. You can use mulch made from bark, pine needles, cottonseed or oak leaves.

护根物抑制杂草生长，保持土壤水分。你使用由树皮，松针，籽或橡树叶制成的根护物。

Soon these pods burst open, and then we see a ball of white cotton fibres, with some black seeds in the centre.

种荚很快会裂开, 我们看见的是" 桃" , 就是花。桃是一团白色的纤维, 中间有点儿黑色的籽。

Cottonseed was first planted here in 1785, though it took growers nearly 10 years to make a profit.

籽于 1785 年首次在这里种植，但种植者花了将近 10 年的时间才获利。

Spring plowing was at its height and the cotton and garden seed Pork had brought from Macon was being put into the ground.

春耕正处于大忙季节，波克从梅肯带回的瓜菜和籽在赶着播种。

Even things like scraps from bakeries, corn cobs, cottonseed, brewers grains left over from making beer and tons of other things are fed to livestock.

甚至像面包店的残渣、玉米芯、籽、酿酒厂酿造啤酒留下的谷物和大量其他东西被喂给牲畜。

The dried cotton seed pod, or boll, that surrounds the fibers cracks open, unveiling a burst of several thousand fiber cells in a fluffy mass.

包裹纤维的干燥的籽荚，铃裂开了，露出一簇簇柔软蓬松的纤维细胞。

The ground is prepared in beds, the same as it is prepared for the reception of the cotton seed, except it is ploughed deeper.

地面在床上准备好，就像为接收籽准备的一样， 只是耕地更深。

After the seeds have been taken out by a machine, the cotton is made into big bundles or bales. These bales of cotton are brought to England in ships.

工人用机器除去桃里的籽, 然后把花捆成大包将这些包用船运到英国。

I covered this in my previous episode on seed oils, explaining that the hydrogenation process allowed cotton seed oil to produce Crisco, the first artificial shortening.

我在之前关于植物油的节目中提到过这一点，解释了氢化过程使得籽油能够制成起酥油（Crisco），这是第一种人造起酥油。

If we don't have those kind of people, we're going to be eating a lot of crystal hydrogenated cotton seed oil and it's pure as white.

如果我们没有那样的人，我们将会大量食用晶体氢化籽油， 纯净得像白色一样。

The fibers (termed lint) are hairs on the cotton seeds, and early farmers of both the Americas and the Old World independently selected different species of cotton for long lint.

纤维（称为皮）是籽上的毛，美洲和旧世界的早期农民独立选择不同品种的花来获得长皮。

In October, the Department of Justice filed a brief in the Myriad case, arguing that an isolated DNA molecule " is no less a product of nature...than are cotton fibers that have been separated from cotton seeds."

十月，司法部在 Myriad 案中发表声明，单个 DNA 分子和从籽上分离出来的纤维一样，都是自然的产物。