un cultivo extendido

English translation: widespread cultivation

16:12 May 22, 2008
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Science (general) / Maize - Plant molecular farming/pharmaceutical products
Spanish term or phrase: un cultivo extendido
El maíz, el tercer cereal más importante del mundo, tiene un alto número de ventajas para la agricultura molecular. Entre ellas, destacan su fisiología, la habilidad de expresar proteínas recombinantes en las semillas, un cultivo extendido y su diversidad genética, además de ser anti-alergénico y no tóxico.

Does this mean "extensive cultivation"?

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Liz Askew
liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:11
English translation:widespread cultivation
Explanation:
I think this is the right translation

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Note added at 21 mins (2008-05-22 16:34:24 GMT)
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la palabra "extendido" se refiere a un cultivo que ocupa mucho espacio, que es muy amplio, que ocupa mucho terreno, o que se cultiva en otras partes.
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Irene dumencic
Local time: 02:11
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Thank you.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +5widespread cultivation
Irene dumencic
5an extended crop
Reed James
4 +1extensive cultivation
bcsantos


Discussion entries: 4





  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
an extended crop


Explanation:
According to my Spanish-English Babylon Vox dictionary, cultivo can also mean crop.

Reed James
Chile
Local time: 20:11
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: But what does this actually mean? That it has a long growing season? I cannot find any refs to this on the web.

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
extensive cultivation


Explanation:
The first example of extensive maize cultivation by Chinese farmers comes from the i8th century, when migrants from the over-crowded Yangtze valley took ...http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KyOAzzM5tMMC&pg=PA458&lpg...


bcsantos
Gibraltar
Local time: 02:11
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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Notes to answerer
Asker: I did wonder if it means in the sense of its growing season?


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agree  Rosa Paredes: si. tambien puede ser 'extensive crop'
2 mins
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
widespread cultivation


Explanation:
I think this is the right translation

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Note added at 21 mins (2008-05-22 16:34:24 GMT)
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la palabra "extendido" se refiere a un cultivo que ocupa mucho espacio, que es muy amplio, que ocupa mucho terreno, o que se cultiva en otras partes.

Irene dumencic
Local time: 02:11
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  giulio76: sounds good ;)
3 mins
  -> Muchas gracias

agree  Magdalena Ferrari del Sel: Sí, el texto original no está muy bien redactado pero creo que debería decir algo así como "que es un cultivo(muy)extendido" o "el ser un cultivo(muy)extendido". La agricultura extensiva (lo contrario a intensiva) tiene otras connotaciones en este campo.
32 mins
  -> Muchas gracias

agree  Victoria Porter-Burns:
1 hr
  -> Muchas gracias

agree  marideoba: agree, que se cultiva en muchos lugares del mundo
3 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias

agree  Egmont
7 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias
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