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Okonda mbatata ndi akatswiri a zaulimi omwe adasonkhana pa National Potato Expo ku Austin adalandira mavumbulutso apamwamba kuchokera ku Texas A&M Potato Breeding Program. Dr. Isabel Vales adawonetsa zomwe zachitika posachedwa, makamaka kusintha kwamasewera COTX08063-2Ru mbatata ya mbatata. Chovala ichi, chomwe chimatha kupanga zokazinga zabwino kwambiri zaku France, chimakula bwino m'nyengo yovuta ya Texan, ndikutsegula mwayi wamsika kwa opanga am'deralo.
Chiwonetserochi chinawonetsa kudzipereka kwa Texas A&M Potato Breeding Programme pamitundu yosiyanasiyana, yokhala ndi mitundu 134 ya mbatata kuyambira ma russets mpaka ma chipper, ofiira, achikasu, ofiirira, ang'onoang'ono, ndi zala. Vanguard Russet ndi Reveille Russet, omwe amadziwika chifukwa cha kulekerera kutentha, mawonekedwe abwino kwambiri a tuber, komanso kugona kwautali, akupitiriza kuonekera mumsika watsopano.
Dr. Vales anatsindika za mitundu yodziwika bwino ngati Russet Norkotah, kubweretsa COTX10080-2Ru, mtundu wapadera wa russet womwe umalimbana ndi kachilombo ka mbatata Y komanso choipitsa mochedwa. Komabe, adachenjeza za kukhudzidwa kwake ndi metribuzin ya herbicide, ndikuwunikira kufunikira koganizira mbali zonse pakupanga mbatata.
Kudzipereka kwa pulogalamuyi pazatsopano kumafikira ku mbatata yapadera, yokhala ndi ma clones apamwamba amadzitamandira ndi mawonekedwe apadera monga maso ofiirira, khungu la amethyst, komanso kukana matenda. Dr. Vales anafotokoza chisangalalo cha kuwonjezeka kwa gulu lapadera, makamaka mitundu yokhala ndi thanzi labwino, monga ma antioxidant apamwamba, carotenoids, ndi mchere.
Kupitilira mawonekedwe akuthupi, a Texas A&M Potato Breeding Program imayang'ana pakuwongolera thanzi labwino. Kafukufuku wofufuza ma tuber-bound free amino acid ndi mineral content akufuna kupititsa patsogolo thanzi komanso thanzi processing khalidwe la mbatata. Ofufuza amagwiritsa ntchito njira zamakono monga Raman spectroscopy kuti azindikire kusiyana kwa mankhwala pakati pa ma tubers omwe amakula m'malo abwino komanso opanikizika ndi kutentha, ndikupereka chidziwitso chofunikira pa ntchito yoweta mtsogolo.
Kugwiritsa ntchito kusankhidwa kwa ma genomic mu mbatata yodula tetraploid kukuwonetsa kudzipereka kwa pulogalamuyi pakufufuza kopitilira muyeso. Njira imeneyi imathandiza obereketsa kulosera ndi kusankha makhalidwe omwe amathandiza kuti chip chikhale chapamwamba, mphamvu yokoka yeniyeni, zinthu zouma, ndi zokolola, zomwe zimapindulitsa alimi ndi ogula.
Pomwe makampani opanga mbatata akuchitira umboni za zatsopano, Texas A&M Potato Breeding Program imatuluka ngati mtsogoleri, ndikutsegulira njira zaulimi wokhazikika komanso wokhazikika wa mbatata. National Potato Expo imakondwerera zomwe zapindulazi komanso imayambitsa zokambirana za tsogolo la kulima mbatata, kuwonetsa mphambano yofunikira ya sayansi, ulimi, ndi zosangalatsa zophikira.
National Potato Expo ku Austin idavumbulutsa zopereka zazikulu zaku Texas paulimi wa mbatata, ndi Texas A&M Potato Breeding Programme ili patsogolo pazatsopano. Kuchokera ku mitundu yopirira kutentha kupita ku ma clones osamva matenda komanso mbatata yapadera yokhala ndi thanzi labwino, zopereka zosiyanasiyana za pulogalamuyi zimalonjeza tsogolo lokhazikika komanso losangalatsa la kulima mbatata. Pomwe makampaniwa akuphatikiza kupita patsogolo kwaukadaulo komanso kafukufuku wazakudya, a Texas A&M Potato Breeding Program imayimilira ngati chiwongolero chakupita patsogolo, ndikupanga mawonekedwe aulimi wa mbatata kwazaka zikubwerazi.