Ua hoʻolaha aku ka JR Simplot Company i kēia lā ua hana ʻo ia i kahi ʻae laikini ʻona ʻikepili me ka Corteva Agrisains ™, Division Division of DowDuPont, a me ka Broad Institute o MIT a me Harvard no CRISPR-Cas9 hoʻokumu a me nā pono hoʻoponopono kūʻē e pili ana.
ka enehana hāʻawi iā Simplot me kahi ala ʻē aʻe e lawe i nā ʻano i makemake ʻia i mua i kekahi mau huaʻai a me nā mea kanu a me nā huahana i mua i ka mākeke ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e pōmaikaʻi ai i nā mahiʻai a me nā mea kūʻai aku.
Hāʻawi ʻo Simplot i kahi laina piha o nā mōhai hou, paʻahau a anuanu e hoʻopili i nā uala, nā avocados a me nā strawberry.
Ke hoʻohana nei i nā ʻenehana hoʻoponopono ʻē aʻe e like me CRISPR-Cas9, hiki ke hoʻēmi ʻia ka palu a me ka pala ʻana o ka uala, a kāpae ʻia kekahi o nā 3.6 biliona lbs. o nā ʻōpala meaʻai ʻuala i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
I kēlā me kēia makahiki, he 35 pakeneka o nā uala hou he $ 1.7 biliona ka nalowale ma muli o ka ʻōpala mai ka mālama maikaʻi ʻole a i ʻole ka papa mālama e like me ka Ka Nūhou o nā Mea Kūʻai. ʻAno like nā pohō Avocados, strawberry a me nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe a me ka ʻenehana hoʻoponopono gen e like me CRISPR-Cas9 genome hoʻoponopono mea hiki ke hōʻemi i kēlā mea nui.
ʻO Susan Collinge PhD, Hope Pelekikena o Simplot Plant Science:
"Ua hauʻoli mākou e hoʻohui i ka ʻenehana CRISPR-Cas9 i kā mākou paepae hana o nā pono hana e hāʻawi i nā huahana holomua no ka ʻoihana."
"ʻO kēia mau pono hana paionia i hiki i nā mea ulu ke hoʻokō i nā hua kiʻekiʻe ma ka liʻiliʻi o ka ʻāina e hopena ana i nā pesticides, wai a me nā pono hana e ʻoi aku ana ka maikaʻi o nā meaʻai punahele a ka mea kūʻai."
Hāʻawi nā kuleana waiwai ʻike piha i nā hui i nā pono ʻepekema e like me ka hiki. I hiki ai ke komo i ia ʻano, ua ʻae ʻo Corteva Agriscience ™ a me Broad Institute i kahi papa hana laikini launa ʻole ʻokoʻa no mahiʻai hoʻohana. ʻO ka laikini iā Simplot ka manawa mua a Corteva Agriscience ™ a me Broad Institute i hāʻawi pū i kahi laikini o nā pono hana hoʻoponopono genise CRISPR-Cas9 i kahi hui mahiʻai.
Neal Gutterson, Luna Hoʻokele Nui ma Corteva Agriscience ™:
"Pāleʻa mākou iā Simplot no ka lawe ʻana i ka papahana e hoʻonui i kā lākou kōpena o nā ʻenehana ʻai e hoʻonui hou ai i ka hoʻomau ʻana a hoʻemi i ka ʻōpala o nā meaʻai."
"Hāʻawi ʻo CRISPR-Cas9 i nā mahiʻai a me nā mea kūʻai aku i nā pono he nui loa. He mea hauʻoli ia i ka ʻike ʻana i kahi ʻoihana me kahi moʻolelo hoʻohou ikaika e hoʻokau nei iā CRISPR-Cas9. ”
ʻO Simplot kekahi o nā mea hana uala nui ma ʻAkau ʻĀkau a hana i nā ʻano hua like ʻole a me nā mea kanu a puni ka honua. Ke hoʻohana nei i nā ʻenehana ʻokoʻa, ua kūʻai aku ka ʻoihana i ʻelua hanauna o kāna laina Innate® o nā ʻano ʻuala ma o ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā genes mai nā ʻuala hihiu a mahi ʻia wale nō. ʻO ka uala e hoʻoliʻiliʻi i ka palapū a me nā kiko ʻeleʻele, hoʻemi i ka asparagine kūlohelohe a me ka pale ʻana mai nā pathogens blight.
ʻO Issi Rozen, Luna Hoʻokele Nui o ka Broad Institute:
"ʻO kā mākou pahuhopu e hoʻonui i ka hopena ʻepekema o CRISPR-Cas9 no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka mahiʻai, a hāʻawi kā mākou ʻaelike laikini hui i ka manawa kūpono e hāʻawi i ka loaʻa ākea ākea e kōkua i nā mea noiʻi e hōʻemi i nā ʻōpala o ka meaʻai, kaohi ʻana i nā pesticides, a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke kūʻē ʻana o ka maloʻo, ʻoiai ke hoʻolaha nei i ka palekana a me ka loina. hoʻohana o nā ʻenehana hoʻoulu honua. ”
Ua hoʻopuka ka US Department of Agriculture (USDA) i kahi ʻōlelo e hāʻawi ana i ka wehewehe ʻana i nā mea kanu i hana ʻia ma o ka hana hou ʻana i nā hana hou e komo pū me nā ʻano hoʻoponopono genome CRISPR-Cas9. Ma lalo o kāna mau lula biotechnology, ʻaʻole hoʻokele a ʻaʻohe paha ʻo USDA hoʻolālā e hoʻoponopono i nā mea kanu i hiki ke hoʻomohala ʻia ma o nā hana hoʻoulu lāʻau kuʻuna ke ʻaʻole lākou e kanu i nā mea kanu a hoʻomohala ʻia paha e hoʻohana ana i nā mea kanu o nā mea kanu.