Kwa zaka khumi zapitazi, minda pafupifupi 1,000 yaku Switzerland yasiya kulima mbatata chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa matenda ndi tizilombo towononga, zoletsa zolimba pa zinthu zoteteza zomera, komanso zochitika zanyengo zoopsa monga kutentha ndi mvula yayitali. Poyankha, Agroscope yayambitsa kuyesa kwatsopano kumunda ku Protected Site ku Zurich-Reckenholz monga gawo la National Research Program (NFP) 84. Kuyesaku kuli ndi mzere wa mbatata P49 27, wopangidwa ku Wageningen University, womwe umalimbana ndi bowa lakumapeto—matenda ofunikira kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi a mbatata. Kafukufukuyu, wovomerezedwa ndi Federal Office for the Environment (BAFU), akuyang'ana kwambiri mitundu ya mbatata ya "cisgenic" yomwe ilibe majini akunja, imafunikira mankhwala ophera tizilombo ochepa, ndipo imatha kupirira bwino nyengo zovuta.
Mzere woyesera umanyamula jini yotsutsa Rpi-chc1 kuchokera ku mbatata yakuthengo. Solanum chacoense, zomwe zimathandiza kuteteza zachilengedwe ku bowa wa blight. Popeza jini yodziwika bwino ndi mbatata yokha ndiyo idayambitsidwa, mzerewu umaonedwa kuti ndi wa cisgenic. Kuyesa kumeneku kuli mu pulojekiti yapadziko lonse ya CRISPS, yomwe imafufuzanso mitundu ya mbatata yosinthidwa majini. Agroscope ikugwirizana ndi ofufuza ku Netherlands ndi Sweden kuti akonze mitundu iwiri ya ku Switzerland, Innovator ndi Erika, komanso mtundu wakale wa Désirée. M'zaka zikubwerazi, cholinga chawo ndi kukonza majini omwe alipo okana kapena kuchotsa majini osavuta, kenako kuyesa zomera zomwe zili m'munda. Ngakhale njira zoberekera zachikhalidwe zikufikira malire awo—nthawi zambiri zimatenga zaka zoposa 20 kuti zipange zotsatira—njira zatsopano monga CRISPR-Cas gene scissors zimapereka njira ina yabwino, zomwe zimathandiza kubereketsa bwino makhalidwe achilengedwe mkati mwa zaka zochepa chabe popanda kugwiritsa ntchito DNA yachilendo.
