Mbatata ndi mbewu yofunika kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, koma kudya kwake kumakhala kowopsa chifukwa cha kupezeka kwa glycoalkaloids. Mankhwala achilengedwe awa, makamaka α-solanine ndi α-chaconine, akhoza kukhala ndi thanzi labwino ngati agwiritsidwa ntchito mopitirira muyeso. Komabe, kafukufuku waposachedwa wapeza yankho lodalirika: Kusintha kwamtundu wa CRISPR.
Kafukufukuyu, wofalitsidwa mu nyuzipepala ya Biocatalysis ndi Agricultural Biotechnology, akuwunikira mphamvu ya CRISPR pochepetsa kuchuluka kwa alpha-solanine mu mbatata. Poyang'ana jini ya sgt1, yomwe imayambitsa kaphatikizidwe ka glycoalkaloids, ofufuzawo adapanga bwino mbatata yokhala ndi milingo yotsika yapoizoni iyi. Makamaka, kafukufukuyu adapeza kuti ngakhale milingo ya alpha-solanine idatsika, panalibe kusintha kwakukulu mumagulu a alpha-chaconine, kulola kuti khalidwe la mbatata likhalebe.
Zotsatira za kutukuka kumeneku ndizambiri pazaulimi. Alimi tsopano atha kulima mbatata popanda ziwopsezo zochepa paumoyo, zomwe zimapatsa ogula zakudya zotetezeka. Agronomists ndi mainjiniya aulimi ali ndi chida chatsopano chomwe ali nacho chothandizira kukonza bwino mbewu ndikuwonetsetsa chitetezo cha chakudya. Kuphatikiza apo, asayansi azaulimi amatha kufufuzanso kugwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo wa CRISPR kuti apititse patsogolo kukhazikika kwa mbewu komanso kufunikira kwazakudya.
Kupita patsogolo kumeneku kwaukadaulo wosintha ma gene sikungokhudza zovuta zachitetezo cha mbatata, komanso zimatsegulira njira zatsopano zaulimi. Pamene ofufuza akupitirizabe kukonzanso njira za CRISPR, kuthekera kopanga mbewu zosinthidwa chibadwa chokhala ndi makhalidwe abwino kumapindulitsa kwambiri.
Kugwiritsa ntchito kusintha kwamtundu wa CRISPR kuti muchepetse ma glycoalkaloids owopsa mu mbatata ndi gawo lofunikira kwambiri pazaulimi. Poyang'ana jini ya sgt1, ofufuza apanga bwino mbatata yotetezeka popanda kusiya zakudya zabwino. Kupambanaku kukuwonetsa kuthekera kosinthika kwaukadaulo wosintha ma gene kuti athane ndi zovuta zachitetezo chazakudya ndikulimbikitsa ulimi wokhazikika.