Alimi a mbatata achenjezedwa za chiwopsezo chowonjezeka cha ma virus komanso matenda m'minda kutsatira kutaya kwa diquat ngati desiccant.
Thupi la Levy AHDB lati mayeserowa awonetsa kuchepa pang'onopang'ono kwa mankhwala ndi njira zina zopangira diquat kutanthauza kuti zimayambira zobiriwira ndipo masamba amatha kukhalabe patatha milungu itatu kuchokera ku mapiritsi a desiccation.
Inatinso ngakhale zinthu zochepa kwambiri zobiriwira zimakhalabe zotheka ku nsabwe za m'masamba ndi matenda, monga blight ndi chilonda.
"Sikuti alimi onse azingoganiza za chiwopsezo cha kachilomboka akamapereka mankhwala, koma mutha kupeza nsabwe za m'masamba zobiriwira mpaka patatha milungu itatu mutapopera mankhwala anu a T1," atero a Eric Anderson aku Scottish Agronomy, omwe akutsogolera mayesero a desiccation ku AHDB's Scottish mbatata yowunika famu ku Milton wa Mathers, pafupi ndi Montrose.
"Ngakhale kwa ogulitsa ndi kukonza alimi, kupezeka kwa masamba obiriwira ndi zimayambira kumatanthauza kuwopseza masamba ndi matenda a tuber, omwe akuyenera kuyang'aniridwa."
Anatinso vuto lalikulu kwa alimi ogulitsa ndikupeza zikopa zokwanira, ndipo kafukufuku wasonyeza kuti izi ndizotheka popanda diquat yoperekedwa potsatira malangizo.
Malangizowo amafunsa alimi kuti asiye kumwa madzi masiku asanu ndi awiri asanafike podzikongoletsa, komanso kuti azigwiritsa ntchito desiccants m'mawa kwambiri mpaka m'mawa, makamaka tsiku lotentha. Pomaliza, alimi amafunsidwa kuti asinthe ndandanda yawo chifukwa pali kuchedwa pakati pa tsiku limodzi kapena anayi kuti skinset ndi mankhwala ochotsera mankhwala.