ʻO ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka hilinaʻi o ka ʻohi ʻana i mea e kōkua ai i ka poʻe mahiʻai e lanakila i ke kaomi potato cyst nematode (PCN), ke noiʻi ʻia nei ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kahi noiʻi kūpono hou, i kākoʻo ʻia e Defra a me Innovate UK.
E nānā ka papahana DeCystTM nā mea kanu pahele solanaceous, ka mea e hoʻoulu ai i ka PCN e paʻa ma kahi ʻokoʻa o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka wā i kanu ʻia ai ka ʻuala. ʻO ka hopena, pale ʻia ka PCN wahine makua mai ka hoʻopau ʻana i ko lākou ola ʻana, e hōʻemi ana i ka hopena i nā mea kanu ʻuala.
E kālele ana ka hana i ka noiʻi ʻana i ka hana ʻana o ʻekolu mau mea kanu pahele solanaceous - solanum sysimbriifolium (DeCyst-Prickly) [kiʻi ʻia ma luna], solanum scabrum (DeCyst-Broadleaf) a solanum chenopodioides (DeCyst-Podium), e hoʻoholo i nā ʻano mea maikaʻi loa a me nā alakaʻi agronomic no ka hoʻopau pono ʻana o ka PCN.
Ke komo nei i loko o ka papahana ʻo Produce Solutions, Crop Health and Protection (CHAP), Harper Adams University a me VCS Potatoes, i kākoʻo ʻia e ʻelima mau mea kanu ʻuala - TC & N Taylor Ltd, JM Bubb & Son, ME Furniss & Sons (Farms), James ʻO Foskett Farms Ltd a me AF Machinery Ltd.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Dr Matthew Back o ke Kulanui ʻo Harper Adams: "ʻO PCN ka mea maʻi ʻuala nui loa ma UK. ʻO ka infestation hiki ke manaʻo ʻia ka nalowale o ka hua a hiki i ka 80%, a ua manaʻo ʻia e kūʻai i ka ʻuala GB. hana he nui £25.9 miliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
"Ke hoʻopau ʻia nā kemika palekana e like me nā nemicides, a ua kaupalena ʻia nā kaʻina hana, pono nā mea kanu e noiʻi i nā ʻano hana ʻē aʻe e like me nā mea ʻai, e hōʻoia i ka wā e hiki mai ana no ka ʻuala i loko o kā lākou hoʻololi."
Ua ulu maikaʻi, S.sisymbriifolium (DeCyst-Prickly) hiki ke hōʻemi i ka heluna kanaka PCN ma mua o 75%, akā ʻo ka hoʻokumu ʻole ʻana ua hoʻopilikia i ka hoʻokomo ʻana ma ka mahiʻai. Manaʻolana ʻia ma ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka hana agronomic maikaʻi loa e like me ke kanu ʻana i nā lā, ka mālama ʻana i ka mauʻu a me ka hoʻokele maʻamau, e lilo nā mea kanu i mea hoihoi i nā mea kanu.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo James Lee o Produce Solutions: "Pono mākou i nā mea hana āpau i loaʻa iā mākou e kāohi i ka PCN, ʻoiai inā nalowale mākou i kahi koho nematicide hou aʻe, a ʻo ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea kanu solanaceous hiki ke hoʻonui i ka resilience a mālama i ka huahana no ka ʻoihana ʻuala UK. .
“ʻO kahi pōmaikaʻi ʻē aʻe no ka mea ua ʻoki ʻia lākou a hoʻohui ʻia i loko o ka lepo, hoʻohui lākou i nā mea kūlohelohe a hoʻonui i ka mālama kalapona. He mea koʻikoʻi kēia no ka neʻe ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana mahiʻai hou aʻe a me nā mākeke kalapona e kū mai ana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Dr Alex McCormack, Innovation Technical Lead ma CHAP: "He mea maikaʻi ke kākoʻo i ka consortium a kōkua iā lākou e hoʻokele i ke kelepona hāʻawi a me ka noi, e hiki ai iā lākou ke kūkulu ma luna o kā lākou AHDB a me Innovative Farmers Fieldlab.
"Ke hōʻike wale nei kēia i ke ʻano o kēia mau haʻawina hou e pili ana i ka mahiʻai mai Defra e hiki ke kōkua i ka wehe ʻana i noi ʻia ma ka R&D mahiʻai no ka wā e hiki mai ana."
No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i kēia papahana, e kelepona iā CHAP ma enquiries@chap-solutions.co.uk Ai'ole e hele www.chap-solutions.co.uk