Ua hoʻopau nā mea hānai Lūkini i nā hoʻāʻo ʻana no ka wā lōʻihi o ʻelua mau ʻano ʻuala i kapa ʻia ʻo Zlatka a me Sokur, ka mea i hōʻike i ka momona kiʻekiʻe a me ke kūʻē ʻana i ka hopena hope. No laila, e like me nā mea hānai, hiki ke hōʻiliʻili ʻia a hiki i ka iwakālua mau ʻuala mai kahi lāʻau o nā ʻano ʻelua.
He mea pono ke hoʻomaopopo ʻia ʻo ka ʻano Zlatka i waena o ke kau, kūʻē ia i nā maʻi maʻamau ma Novosibirsk, a hiki i kāna hua i ka 456 keneta no ka ʻeka. ʻO Sokur, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, he ʻuala ʻulaʻula e kū pono ana i nā pathogens a he kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka starch, kahi e hāʻawi ai i kēia ʻano i kahi ʻono maikaʻi loa.
Eia kekahi, e like me nā hopena o nā hoʻokolohua kula, ua hōʻike kēia mau ʻano ʻuala ʻelua i ka momona kiʻekiʻe a me ke kūpaʻa ʻana i ka late blight a me nā maʻi kanu ʻē aʻe i maʻamau ma Siberia. Eia kekahi, ʻelua mau hiʻohiʻona, mahalo i lilo lākou i mea hoihoi no nā mahiʻai nui a me nā kamaʻāina maʻamau o ke kauwela. Ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i ka multi-tuber a me ke kū'ē i ka phytophthora. No laila, hiki ke hōʻiliʻili ʻia a hiki i ka iwakālua mau ʻuala mai ka lāʻau hoʻokahi. Ma ke ala, i loko o ʻekolu mau makahiki o ka hana pū ʻana me lākou, ua maopopo ka poʻe mahiʻai ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kēia mau ʻano ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe i kaulana i ka ʻāina. Eia kekahi, ma kahi o 400 mau ʻuala i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka papa inoa mokuʻāina, ma kahi o ka hapalua o lākou he haole.