Wolembedwa ndi Seth Truscott College of Science, Human, and Natural Resource Science
PULLMAN, Wash. -Kukhazikitsa kafukufuku watsopano wothandizira olima mbatata ku Washington, Washington State University ikugwirizana ndi atsogoleri amakampani kuti aphunzire za dothi labwino, lokhazikika komanso lopindulitsa.
Mothandizidwa ndi ndalama zopitilira $ 3 miliyoni zopangidwa ndi olima mbatata, ma processor, ndi ogulitsa, WSU omwe adangopangidwa kumene Wotsogola Wopatsidwa Udindo mu Soil Health for Potato Cropping Systems athetsa zofunikira mu ulimi wothirira, kuphatikiza kufunikira kodziwa bwino ndi kuteteza nthaka timadalira kulima mbatata, gawo lofunikira kwambiri popezeka padziko lonse lapansi ndi chakudya. Kusaka konse kwa wasayansi wapamwamba kuyambika chaka chino.
Mbewu ya mbatata ku Washington imapanga $ 7.4 biliyoni muzochita zachuma ndi ntchito 35,000 kuchokera pakukonzanso ndikuwonjezera katundu, ndikupangitsa mbatata kukhala imodzi mwazinthu zofunika kwambiri mdziko muno.
"Tcheyamani wathu watsopano athetsa vuto lalikulu kwambiri pakampani yama mbatata - momwe angayendetsere thanzi la nthaka ndikuteteza chilengedwe chomwe chimatilola kulima mbatata zabwino, zabwino kwambiri." atero a Scot Hulbert, omwe ndi othandizira pa kafukufuku ku WSU's College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Science (CAHNRS). "Kumvetsetsa bwino za momwe tingasamalire thanzi lathu komanso kukolola nthaka yathu kumathandizira kuti ulimi wa mbatata ukhale wolimba, komanso kuti alimi ku Pacific Northwest azitha kupeza ndalama."
Rich Koenig, wapampando wa Dipatimenti ya Zomera ndi Sayansi ya WSU anati: "Tikulemba wasayansi waluso komanso mnzake yemwe atha kusanthula zovuta za nthaka ndikupeza mayankho ofunikira."
Makampani omwe adapanga mafakitalewa amapanga pulogalamu yofufuzira yomwe imagwirizana kwambiri ndi ofufuza ena aku Pacific Northwest ku University of Idaho, Oregon State University ndi US department of Agriculture komanso omwe amalima mbatata ndi ma processor. Idzathandizira ntchito zina zofufuza ndi kuwonjezera kwa WSU ndi Pulogalamu Yake Yanthaka Yanthaka yonse kuti apange njira ndi zida zowunikira ndi kuyang'anira thanzi la nthaka.
Wapampando watsopanowu aphatikizana ndi Dipatimenti ya Zomera ndi Sayansi Yanthaka, komwe kumakhala njira zochulukirapo zochulukirapo za CAHNRS ndi kafukufuku wasayansi yanthaka.
Bungwe la Columbia Basin Health for Potato Cropping Systems Working Group lidatsogolera chitukuko cha mphatso. Opangidwa ndi atsogoleri amakampani ochokera ku AgriNorthwest, Corteva Agriscience, JR Simplot Company, Lamb Weston, McCain Foods, Oregon Potato Company, Stahl Hutterian Brethren, Trical Soil Solutions, ndi Washington State Potato Commission, gululi lithandizira asayansi a WSU kuyika patsogolo kafukufuku mu mbatata kupanga.
"Kukula kwa boma la Washington, kuphatikiza nthaka yathu, kumathandizira kuti boma lathu likhale ndi zokolola zambiri padziko lonse lapansi," atero a Chris Voigt, director director ku Washington Potato Commission. “Kumvetsetsa za dothi lathu ndikofunikira kwambiri pakulima mbatata ku Washington. Ntchitoyi itha kupanga tsogolo labwino kwambiri kwa alimi athu a mbatata, kulola dziko lathu kuti lipitilize kutulutsa zokolola zambiri za mbatata zazikulu m'mibadwo ikubwerayi. "
"Kuyendetsa ndi kutenga nawo mbali kwa Gulu Logwira Ntchito komanso kuthandizidwa ndi omwe amalima ndi mafakitale kumapangitsa ntchitoyi kukhala yotheka," adatero Hulbert. "Kugwirizana kwawo ndi WSU kumapangitsa kuti zinthu zithandizire kwambiri paulimi ku Washington komanso kudera lonseli."
"Nthaka ndi imodzi mwazinthu zofunika kwambiri kubzala mbatata," atero a Rich Burres, oyang'anira zaulimi wokhazikika ku Lamb Weston. “Tikufuna mbatata zabwino kuti tikwaniritse zofuna zapadziko lonse lapansi. Kuthandiza izi ku University ndi gawo lofunikira kwambiri kwa ife, popeza tikugwira ntchito yoonetsetsa kuti ulimi wa mbatata wayenda bwino ku Pacific Northwest. ”
Wolemekezeka Wopatsidwa Udindo azikhala pa kampu ya Pullman, pomwe kafukufuku wam'munda akuchitikira ku Columbia Basin.
