Pomwe dera la Magic Valley kumwera kwa Idaho likukonzekera kutentha komwe kungasungike sabata ino, alimi, ofufuza mbatata komanso asayansi a mkaka onse akunena zakudandaula.
National Weather Service yapereka machenjezo owopsa a kutentha kwanuko kuyambira Lolemba mpaka Lachinayi.
Kutentha kumakhudza mbatata
Mbatata ndizofanana ndi Idaho ndipo pazifukwa zomveka. Idaho amapanga pafupifupi? Mwa mbatata zonse zaku US. Nthawi yotentha kwambiri, mbeu iyi imatha kuchepa ndi zokolola zochepa.
Nora Olsen, pulofesa waku University of Idaho komanso katswiri wazowonjezera mbatata, adati kusokonekera kwa masiku ataliatali kumatha kukhala kotheka kubzala mbewu iliyonse, kuphatikiza mbatata. Kutentha kwambiri, mbatata imatseka ndikusiya kukula. Izi zitha kuyambitsa nyengo yoyambira ndikuletsa kukula komwe sikuli koyenera kulima mbatata.
China chomwe alimi amadandaula nacho ndikutentha koyambirira ndikusowa chophimba pansi. Mbatata zikamakula zimagwiranagwirana ndipo izi zimathandiza kuti dothi lizizizira. Izi zimatchedwa kutseka mzere. Olsen adati madera ena afika potseka pomwe ena sanatero.
Nthaka yotentha komanso kutentha kumatha kuyambitsa matenda otchedwa "shuga kumatha." "Ichi si vuto lomwe tiziwona mpaka nthawi yokolola komanso tikapanga ma fries aku France," adatero Olsen.
Mbatata zomwe zakhudzidwa zimawonetsa shuga wokwanira ndikupanga batala lakuda kwambiri ku France. Izi zimabweretsa nkhawa pazabwino. Kuphatikiza apo vuto la kutentha kumatha kupezeka ndi madzi. Zingakhale zovuta kuwonetsetsa kuti muli ndi madzi okwanira pa zokololazo, Olsen adatero.
"Tikufanana ndikutulutsa tsitsi lathu pompano kuyesera kudziwa momwe tingathirire mbewu ndi kuzichita m'njira yomwe imapereka madzi ndikuyesera kuziziritsa," adatero Olsen. Anatinso zomwe zikuchitika chaka chino sizabwino koma adaziwonapo zochitika ngati izi kale.
Source: Times-Nkhani