Ke hana pū nei ʻo Biosecurity New Zealand me kaʻuala Nūhōlani e pane i kahi ʻike ʻana o ka Virus mop-top Potato (PMTV) i loko o nā kōpuʻu ma Canterbury.
ʻO ka luna hoʻomalu hanana, ʻo David Yard, ka mea koʻikoʻi i kaʻuala ma luna o ka Potato mop-top virus.
ʻO David Yard, ka mea hoʻoponopono hanana:
"ʻO ka maʻi uala mop-top potato kahi maʻi kanu ia, inā ʻike ʻia ua pālahalaha nui ʻia, hiki ke kumu i kekahi mau pilikia hana no nā mea kanu."
"He meaola hoʻomaopopo a makemake ʻole ʻia ia ma Nūhōlani ma lalo o ke kānāwai Biosecurity."
ʻ sayslelo ʻo Mr Yard i kēia lā, ua hōʻoia maikaʻi ʻia nā tubers uala mai nā waiwai ʻelua ma ka ʻāina ʻo Canterbury no ka maʻi maʻi. Ke hoʻomaka nei kahi laʻana hou ʻana i ka ʻāina.
ʻO David Yard:
"ʻO kēia ka manawa mua i loaʻa ka maʻi ma New Zealand, akā he mea maʻamau ia ma nā ʻāina ʻē."
ʻO Chris Claridge, ka luna nui o kaʻuala ʻo New Zealand:
"Ke hana pū nei ka ʻoihana me Biosecurity New Zealand e aʻo hou e pili ana i ka maʻi, ka hopena i loaʻa i nā mea ulu, a no ka hōʻoki ʻana i nā makaʻi o ka laha ʻana."
"E noʻonoʻo mākou inā hiki ke hoʻopau iā ia, a i ʻole pono mākou e hana me nā mea ulu e mālama i ka hopena ma ka wā lōʻihi."
ʻO ka ʻano Innovator o ka uala i lawe hope ʻia aku e like me germplasm i loko o Nūhōlani i Iulai 2011.
ʻO ka Innovator kahi ʻuala ʻano russet me nā maka pāpaʻu a me ka ʻiʻo waihoʻoluʻu kalima. ʻO ke kūpaʻa kiʻekiʻe i ka nematodes cyst, ka maʻi wart, ka lau a me ka maʻi kō. ʻO ka Innovator kahi ʻano maikaʻi loa no ka paila ʻana, hoʻomoʻa ʻana a me Farani kāwili ʻana. He ʻono maikaʻi loa kā Innovator. ʻO ka hiki i ka recondition mai ka mālama wā lōʻihi e hoʻolilo i kēia i ʻano kūpono no nā mīkini. (ʻOluʻolu: HZPC) hiki i nā uala i hōʻike ʻia ke hōʻike i nā ʻōuli e like me ka distortions i ka ʻili, ka haki ʻana hohonu, a me nā arcs kala-kala, nā kaha a i ʻole nā flecks i ka ʻiʻo tuber.
Ke ʻimi nei ʻo Biosecurity New Zealand pehea i komo ai ka maʻi ma loko o ka ʻāina.