Ntchito ya kafukufuku wazaka zambiri, wopangidwira mbatata zaku Australia makampani, zipambana mwezi uno, ndikukhazikitsa ntchito yochepetsa nthaka ya DNA, yomwe ingathandize makampaniwa kuti athane ndi matenda obwera chifukwa cha nthaka.
“Kugulitsa kwa ntchito yomwe akuyembekezerayi kudzawathandiza alimi kuchepetsa mavuto obwera chifukwa cha matenda obwera chifukwa cha nthaka - monga nkhanambo ya Powdery, Root knot nematode ndi Black dot - yomwe mpaka pano, yasokoneza chuma chofika $ 50 miliyoni madola chaka ndi chaka makamaka ku gawo la mbatata, "watero Mneneri wa AUSVEG a Luke Raggatt.
AUSVEG ndi bungwe lotsogola lotsogola ku Australia loyimira alimi oposa 2,000 a mbatata.
"Ntchito yoyesera nthaka ithandiza alimi kuzindikira madera omwe ali pachiwopsezo cha matenda ena, ndipo kudzera mu chidziwitsochi, apange zisankho zodzala ndi kusamalira matenda," atero a Raggatt.
Ntchito yoyesera nthaka ya DNA idapangidwa ngati gawo limodzi la ntchito yothandizidwa ndi South Australia Research and Development Institute (SARDI), ndipo yaphatikizanso kafukufuku wopangidwa ku Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture ndi Unduna wa Zachilengedwe wa Victoria ndi Zoyambira. Mayesowa akuphatikizapo kutulutsa DNA pazitsanzo za nthaka, kuti awone kuopsa kwa matenda kutengera milingo ya tizilomboti.
Monga gawo lokhazikitsa ntchitoyi, SARDI posachedwa izikhala ndi zokambirana zingapo kumadera ofunikira opangira mbatata ku South Australia, Tasmania ndi Victoria, kulangiza akatswiri a zaulimi ndi omwe amalima momwe angaperekere ntchitoyi ndikumasulira zomwe zatuluka. Opezekapo adzapatsidwa Buku la Advisor lomwe likutsatira, lomwe liphatikizanso chidziwitso chofunikira pa tizilombo toyambitsa matenda omwe adayesedwa.
"Ndizosangalatsa kuwona kafukufukuyu akufika pamlingo woti omwe amapereka ndalama za mbatata angayambe kukhazikitsa zotsatira zake kuti athandizire ntchito zawo," atero a Raggatt.
Pulogalamu Yowonjezera Mbatata, yoyendetsedwa ndi AUSVEG, ikulimbikitsa mamembala amakampani kuti azitenga nawo gawo pazomwe zingachitike posachedwa, ndipo agwira ntchito limodzi ndi SARDI kuti alumikizane ndi makampani phindu lomwe akuyembekezeralo pogwiritsira ntchito ntchitoyi.
"Izi ndi zomwe makampani a R&D alidi: kupanga njira zatsopano ndi zida zomwe, zikagwiritsidwa ntchito, zithandiza alimi kuti achepetse mtengo wawo, azikulitsa zokolola zawo ndipo pamapeto pake, azichita bizinesi yopindulitsa kwambiri."
Ntchitoyi (PT09023) ndi gawo limodzi mwa magawo onse a Australia Potato Research Program Phase 2 (APRP2), yochitidwira makampani aku Australia opanga mbatata. Pulogalamuyi imathandizidwa ndi Horticulture Australia Limited (HAL) pogwiritsa ntchito National Leather Potato Levy, zopereka zodzifunira kuchokera kumakampani, komanso ndalama zofanana kuchokera ku Boma la Australia.
Kuyankhulana kumeneku kwathandizidwa ndi HAL pogwiritsa ntchito National Levy Levy komanso ndalama zofanana kuchokera ku Boma la Australia.