Vatsvagiri vepaYunivhesiti yeCalifornia, Davis, vachashandisa genomics yelettuce kurwisa hutachiona hunokonzera kurasikirwa muindasitiri yemadhora mabhiriyoni matatu gore rega rega.
Nheyo yeChikafu neKutsvakurudza Kwekurima, kana FFAR, yakapa Richard Michelmore, purofesa uye director weUC Davis Genome Center, rubatsiro rwekutanga rwekutsvaga kuburikidza neCrops of the Future Collaborative.
UC Davis achagamuchira madhora mazana maviri nemazana mashanu emadhora kubva kuFFAR uye mari inofananidzwa kubva kuChirimwa cheRamangwana Leafy Greens Vatori vechikamu kwemari inosvika mamirioni mashanu emadhora.
Mubairo uyu uchabvumira vaongorori kushandisa nzira dzegenomics kurwisa downy mildew, inova ndiyo inonyanya kukosha pathogen kutapurira lettuce. Utachiona hwakasiyana-siyana hunogona kukonzera kurasikirwa mumunda uye mushure mekukohwa.
“Downy mildew inotyisidzira kurimwa kwese kunorimwa chirimwa chelettuce, zvinoda matanho anodhura ekudzora makemikari zvichikonzera kurasikirwa kwemhando yevatengi,” akadaro Michelmore.
Iyo purojekiti ichagonesa kutumirwa zvine musoro kwemajini matsva ekupikisa zvichikonzera kuramba kwechirwere kusimba uye kusanyanya kushandiswa kwemakemikari ekudzora. Tsvagiridzo iyi ichabatsira varimi vakajairwa nevarimi nekudzikisa kurasikirwa kwegoho nekuvandudza pundutso. Izvo zvakare zvichabatsira kuderedza marara echikafu uye kupa vatengi chikafu chakagadzirwa vachishandisa mashoma makemikari.
“Kudyara kweFFAR kuchawedzera ruzivo rwedu rwekushingirira kwechirimwa uye kusiyana kweutachiona zvichizoita kuti mbesa dzelettuce dzinyatsokura uye dzive neruzivo uye dzisingashiviriri kuvhuvhu,” akadaro Michelmore.
Mari inofananidzwa inopihwa nemubatanidzwa wenyika dzakawanda wemakambani gumi nemana makuru nemadiki ekurera uye ebiotechnology kuitira kugadzirisa matambudziko akakura mukugadzira lettuce.
"Mubairo uyu muenzaniso wekuti kudyidzana kweveruzhinji nevega vega kunowedzera sei mari yekutsvaga iyo inopa rubatsiro kuvarimi, vanogadzira uye nevatengi," akadaro Sally Rockey, director director weFFAR. "Iyi nzira yemubatanidzwa inopa makambani madiki mukana wakasarudzika wekubatanidza zviwanikwa zvavo zveR&D neakakura ekunze kuti agadzirise nyaya dzakagovaniswa dzepamberi pemakwikwi dzakakosha kuindasitiri yeretisi."
Zvirimwa zveRamangwana Leafy Greens Vatori vechikamu vanosanganisira: BASF Vegetable Mbeu, Bejo Zaden BV, Benson Hill Biosytems, Inc., Enza Zaden Research and Development, BV, Gautier Semences, Keygene, NV, Progeny Advanced Genetics Inc., Ramiro Arnedo SA, Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel BV, Sakata Seed Corporation, Syngenta Crop Protection AG, Takii and Company Ltd., Tanimura & Antle Value Added LLC., uye Vilmorin SA