I-Potato blight yisifo esiyingozi kunazo zonke emhlabeni. Ingaphezulu kwezigidigidi ezili-10 zamadola aseMelika asetshenziswa minyaka yonke ekulweni nayo emhlabeni.
Ake sikhulume ngendlela entsha yokusebenza yokuzalanisa amazambane engenza izinhlobo ezithandwa abalimi zimelane nokulimaza sekwephuzile. Manje izindlela zakamuva ze-biotechnological zihlanganiswe nendlela endala yokuzalanisa - ukuqoqwa kwezakhi zofuzo zasendle ezivela kokhokho abakude bamazambane.
“Bangu-300 abalimi bamazambane e-Uganda. Isifo esiwumshayabhuqe sekwephuzile sinciphisa kakhulu imali engenayo futhi sibeka engcupheni impilo yabantu kanye nemvelo, ”kusho uDkt. Erik Magembe, Usebenza Nocwaningo e-International Potato Centre (CIP). “Ngeshwa, izinhlobo ezidume kakhulu kubalimi nabathengi, njengeVictoria, zingenwa kalula yisifo esiyingozi sekwephuzile.”
Ososayensi be-CIP bathatha izakhi zofuzo ezintathu zokumelana nalesi sifo esiyingozi ezihlotsheni zasendle zaseMexico nase-Argentina zamazambane (I-Solanum bulbocastanum и I-Solanum venturi) bese iwadlulisela kumazambane ayintandokazi amahlanu abalimi asetshenziswa e-sub-Saharan Africa. Izakhi zofuzo zihlonzwe futhi zahlukaniswa ososayensi baseNyuvesi yaseWisconsin, eNyuvesi yaseWageningen naseLabhorethri Yokucwaninga, naseSainsbury Laboratory.
Izihlobo zasendle zezitshalo zihlobene nezitshalo ezifuywayo. Bahlale behlonishwa abalimi njengomthombo wezimpawu zokudala izinhlobo ezintsha zisebenzisa izindlela zokuzalanisa zendabuko.
"Ngenxa yokuthi i-pathogen ihlale iguquguquka, sidinga ukuthatha isinyathelo ngokushesha," kusho uDkt. Marc Ghyslain, isazi se-biotechnologist esiphezulu kwa-CIP. “Ukuzalanisa ngokwesintu kuthatha isikhathi eside. I-Biotechnology ivumela izinhlobo ukuthi zethulwe emasimini abalimi ngokushesha okukhulu. Eminyakeni emithathu nje sithuthukise iVictoria. Waqanjwa ngokuthi 3R Victoria. Lesi sampula singakhula ngaphandle kokusebenzisa ama-fungicides. ”
“Simeme abalimi esivivinyweni ukuze babone umehluko phakathi kwe-biotech modified kanye neVictoria yasekuqaleni,” kuqhuba uGhislain. "Uhlobo lokuqala lwezitshalo lwaluluhlaza futhi lunempilo, kanti esesibili safa ngokuphelele ngenxa yokulimaza sekwephuzile."
Ngaphezu kokusebenza e-Uganda, izinhlobo ezithuthukisiwe zizohlolwa futhi zitshalwe ngemva kokugunyazwa ngokomthetho e-Ethiopia naseNigeria.
Ubuchwepheshe bonjiniyela bezakhi zofuzo buyithuluzi elibalulekile endleleni ebanzi kakhulu yezinhlelo zokudla ezamukelwa yi-CIP ukuze kuzuze abalimi e-Afrika nase-Asia.