Hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā mea noiʻi ma ka James Hutton Institute a me nā hui hoa e ʻimi i nā ʻano hana i ʻike ʻole ʻia ma mua kahi e pāhoehoe kuleana no ka hopena maikaʻi o ka uala, ʻO Phytophthora infestans, haki ma nā paia o ka pūnaewele e hoʻopili i nā mea kanu.
Hoʻokumu nā pathogens microbial i ka waiwai o US $ 300 biliona no ka hōʻino ʻana i ka hana o ka mahiʻai honua ʻana i kēlā me kēia makahiki, e hoʻomohala ana i nā ʻenehana hoʻomalu maʻi kūpono a hoʻomau i mea e pono ai ka palekana o ka meaʻai e hiki mai ana, a oomycetes like me P. infestans kekahi o nā pathogens i hōʻino loa i ka mahiʻai a me ka mahiʻai. ʻO ka alakaʻi o ka papahana ʻo Dr Steve Whisson, he biologist molekiola ma ka keʻena ʻo James Hutton Institute's Cell a me Molecular Science, i ʻōlelo: "Nui nā hemahema i ko mākou ʻike i nā ʻano mole molaki e hoʻomaka nei i ka hoʻouka kaua kūleʻa e kēia mau mea maʻi".
"E hoʻopaʻa mākou i ka hana a me ke ʻano o nā protein i loaʻa, kā lākou hana i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā pane pale a ka poʻe hoʻokipa, a hoʻoholo i kā lākou mau pūnaewele i ka wā o ka maʻi maʻi."
"ʻO ke komo ʻana i ka cuticle o ka mea kanu a me ka paia o ka paʻa ka mea mua i ka maʻi, a ʻo ka paia o ka pūnaewele ke kahua o ka hakakā nui ma waena o ka mea hoʻokipa a pāhoehoe. Ke hana pū nei me nā hoa hana ma ke Kulanui o Ioka, ua ʻike koke mākou i kahi ʻano hana i hōʻike ʻole ʻia ma ʻO Phytophthora nāwaliwali ka pā o nā mea kanu i nā wā mua o ka maʻi. ” ʻO ke kuhiakau noiʻi nui o ka papahana aia kekahi mau kumu ʻē aʻe e hoʻololi i ka hoʻokumu ʻana o P. infestans i kahi mea kanu a me ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea e hāʻawi i nā pahuhopu hou no nā papa hana pale hua.
Ua ʻōlelo hou ʻo Dr Whisson: "No ka hoʻokō ʻana i kēia pahuhopu, e hoʻohana mākou i kahi papahana o nā 'omics' e ʻike ai i nā mea virulence moho. Ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pono kūlohelohe, lana ko mākou manaʻo e loiloi i ke koʻikoʻi o kēia mau protein i ka wā o ka maʻi. "E hoʻopaʻa mākou i ka hana a me ke ʻano o nā protein i loaʻa, kā lākou hana i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā pane pale a ka poʻe hoʻokipa, a hoʻoholo i kā lākou mau pūnaewele o ka hana i ka wā o ka maʻi o nā mea kanu," i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka mea noiʻi noiʻi ʻo Dr Petra Boevink.
ʻO ka papahana Nā Mea Hou o ka Enzymatic Virulence ma ʻO Phytophthora infestans he laulima me ke Kulanui o Ioka, e holo ana mai 2021 a 2025, a kākoʻo ʻia me kahi haʻawina £ 1m mai ka Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council, kahi o UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). ʻO ke keʻena ʻo James Hutton Institute's Cell and Molecular Science (CMS) kahi i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Dundee a ʻoi aku ma mua o 100 mau ʻepekema mea kanu me nā loea noiʻi i ka cell and biology molekiola, genomics, genetics, pathology and physiology.
ʻO kahi noiʻi nui no ka CMS e pili ana i ka hoʻomaikaʻi kūlohelohe o nā cereal, kaʻuala a me nā hua hua palupalu e pili ana i ka hua a me ka maikaʻi, hoʻohana pono i nā kumuwaiwai a me ka pale a me nā kūpaʻa maʻi.
Nā ʻike hou aʻe mai:
ʻO Bernardo Rodriguez-Salcedo, Luna Media, ʻO James Hutton Institute