Kutsatira miyezi 10 chifukwa cha COVID-19, Alan Nankivell wa AUSVEG ayambanso ntchito yake ngati National Tomato- Potato Psyllid Coordinator. M'ndandanda iyi, Alan adalemba pamsonkhano waposachedwa womwe umayang'ana kwambiri za kayendedwe ka mbatata ngati bakiteriya yemwe amachititsa kuti 'zebra chip' apezeke ku Australia.
Tomato-mbatata psyllid (TPP) idapezeka ku Perth, Western Australia mu February 2017. Kuwunika komwe kudachitika pambuyo pake kunatsimikiza kuti kuthetseratu sikungatheke, ndikusinthira ku mapulani oyendetsera ntchito adayambitsidwa.
Mu Januware 2020, Plant Health Committee (PHC) idatulutsa Mgwirizano wawo kumakampani opanga mbatata ofotokoza kusunthika kwa zinthu ndikukonza mbatata m'malo onse ngati psyllid ya mbatata yapezeka ku Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia kapena Victoria. Chitsimikizo ichi chinali chofunikira kuonetsetsa kuti kupitiliza kwamabizinesi azinthu zopitilirabe zikadalipo.
Kuphatikiza apo, a PHC adapempha kuti mafakitale akambirane momwe amafunira mbatata yambewu kuti igwire ngati mabakiteriya akupezeka Kandidatus Liberibacter solanacearum (CLso) ipezeke mu TPP. Msonkhano woyamba udakonzedwa mu Marichi 2020; komabe, izi zidasinthidwa chifukwa cha mliri wa COVID-19 komanso zoletsa zomwe zidatsatira. Msonkhanowu pamapeto pake unachitika kumapeto kwa Marichi 2021.
Pazokambirana zomwe zidachitika kumsonkhanowu, zokambirana za 'kupulumutsa famu' zidakambidwa. Apa ndipomwe mbewu zimapangidwa ndi mwini m'modzi kuchokera ku mini tubers zoyambirira zovomerezeka.
Gulu - lopangidwa ndi ogwira nawo ntchito za mbatata ochokera kudera lonse la Australia - adazindikira kuchuluka kwa mbewu kuchokera kuzikhalidwe mpaka mbewu ya Generation 5 (G5). Gululo linapereka chiopsezo chofalikira kwa CLso kuchokera pamalo aliwonse owopsa. Zotsatira zake zinali:
- Mini tubers imatha kuyenda momasuka pakati paulamuliro chifukwa cha chitetezo chambiri chomwe timachubu tating'onoting'ono timapangidwa.
- Ogwira ntchito zamakampani adavomereza kuti ngati CLso ipezeka ndipo TPP ilipo, zimangotsala pang'ono kufalikira kudera lonselo. Izi zikutsimikizidwanso ndi zokumana nazo zapadziko lonse lapansi.
- Mbatata za mbewu, mosasamala kanthu za mbadwo, zimakhala ndi chiopsezo chofalikira kwa CLso.
- Mwayi wakukhazikitsidwa kwa Interstate Certificate of Assurance (ICA) - limodzi ndi kuvomerezeka kwamabizinesi - zitha kupereka chida chofunikira kumakampani kuti zisunge bizinesi, ndikupatsanso mbiri ndikuchepetsa kufalikira.
- Kusuntha kwa mbewu zosatsimikizika kukhumudwitsidwa kwambiri.
- Zinadziwika kuti ngati mbewu ya mbatata idatenga kachilomboka ndikubzala kudera komwe kulibe TPP, imatha kufa popanda kufalikira.
Pali zokambirana zomwe zikuchitika pakadali pano pazomwe mungalandire matenda a CLso mu mbewu. Magulu aposachedwa kwambiri azachipatala ku New Zealand adakambidwa. Kuyesedwa kwa labotale kunakambidwanso, ndipo papanga pepala pamayeso apadziko lonse ndi akumayiko.
Dongosolo lamakono lovomerezeka ku New Zealand limadalira kuyang'anitsitsa kwa zomera zomwe zili ndi kachilombo ka CLso ndikubzala mbewu zomwe zili ndi kachilombo kameneka zikuchitika kuti zikwaniritse njira zomwe zilipo pakadali pano za 0.2% (500%). Mwayi wina wokayezetsa labotale ukhoza kuchitika ngati wofesayo wapempha komabe mpaka pano njirayi sinachitikepo. Munthawi ya 2021, New Zealand yakhala ndi kachilombo koyambitsa matenda a CLso mu mbewu, zomwe zikusonyeza kuti kuwunika kwa mbewu zovomerezeka sikunapatse makampani chitsimikizo chomwe akuyembekeza.
A PHC aganizira za mafakitale pamsonkhano wawo mu Julayi 2021.
Ntchito yazaka zitatu ikutha
The Mgwilizanitsi wa National Programme wa mbatata ya mbatata (TPP) Ntchitoyi ikutha mu Meyi 2021. Lipoti lomaliza liperekedwa ku Hort Innovation mu Juni ndipo liperekedwa kwa ogulitsa ulimi wamaluwa mu theka lachiwiri la chaka.
Pakadali pano, zambiri zomwe zasonkhanitsidwa pantchitoyi zikupezeka pa TPP Portal, kuphatikiza chidziwitso cha omwe amalima komanso wolima minda yamnyumba komanso Mapulani a Enterprise Management.