They allow a certain amount of salt to enter their cells, bringing the salt content of the water within the plant, to a slightly higher concentration than that of the surrounding seawater.

它们允许一定量的盐分进入它们的细胞，将水中的盐分带进植物体内，并把其体内的盐含量提高到比周围海水稍高的浓度。

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Instead of freshwater moving out of the plant cells, salt from the seawater enters, reverse osmosis, and this actually strengthens the cells.

海水不仅不能抽走植物细胞里的水分，海水中的盐分反而会进入细胞内部，这就是所谓的反渗透。这种反渗透能力增加了细胞的强度。

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When water moves through the wall of a plant cell, it will move from the side containing water with the lowest amount of salt into the side containing the highest amount of salt.

当水通过植物细胞的细胞壁，它会从含盐量最低的一侧进入含盐量最高的一侧。

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The results of the experiments, reported in the journal Science, show that the modified plant can thrive even when salt levels are twice the amount that would kill a normal crop of corn.

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The company then breeds trees together to combine such things as salt tolerance and wood quality in a single plant.

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