Ua hoʻokuʻu aku ʻo Teagasc a me IPM Potato Group i kahi ʻano ʻuala hou i kū ʻole i ka nematode cyst potato (PCN). ʻO ka PCN kahi mea kanu pōʻino i hiki ke luku i nā mea kanu ʻuala.
ʻO 'Buster' kahi waihona hou a i ʻole nā ʻano prepark a kūpaʻa i nā ʻano ʻelua o PCN. Ua kōkua nui ʻia ka wikiwiki o ka hoʻomohala ʻana e nā hiki ke ʻike hou i nā genomic.
Ua kamaʻilio ʻo Dan Milbourne ma ka National Tillage Conference i kēia pule e pili ana i nā hana o ka Virtual Irish Center no Crop Improvement (VICCI). Ua wehewehe ʻo ia e hoʻohui ʻo Buster i nā genes kūpaʻa PCN mai nā mākua ʻelima. Hoʻohui ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā ʻelima a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻano hana hānau maʻamau i 30 mau makahiki. Eia naʻe, ua hoʻokō ʻia nā ʻano like ʻole me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi genomic kokoke i kapa ʻia he māka kōkua kōkua (MARS).
Ua ʻae kēia i nā mea hoʻohua e ʻike i nā mākua e hui ai i mea e kō ai ke kiʻekiʻe o ke kūpaʻa ʻana, e hoʻopōkole ana i ka manawa hoʻomohala i 10 mau makahiki.
He pilikia nui ka PCN ma UK a me kahi pilikia e ulu nei ma ʻIlalani. Ma waena o 2013 a me 2016, 20% o ka ʻāina i laʻana ma aneʻi no PCN i hōʻoia maikaʻi. ʻO nā kuʻuna kuʻuna o ka kāohi pū me nā lōʻihi lōʻihi, ka lāʻau kemika a me ka biofumigant a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea kanu hei. Eia nō naʻe, i kēia manawa nā mea kanu i kahi pono hana hoʻohui pest i kā lākou pahu pahu hana.
Source: mahiai.ie