Bafuputsi Univesithing ea California, Davis, ba tla sebelisa genomics ea lettuce ho loantša kokoana-hloko e bakang tahlehelo indastering ea liranta tse limilione tse likete tse 3 selemo le selemo.
The Foundation of Food and Agriculture Research, kapa FFAR, e file Richard Michelmore, moprofesa le mookameli oa UC Davis Genome Center, thuso ea pele ea lipatlisiso ka Crops of the Future Collaborative.
UC Davis e tla fumana $ 2.5 milione ho tsoa ho FFAR le lichelete tse lekanang ho tsoa ho Barupeluoa ba Lijalo tsa Bokamoso ba Leafy Greens bakeng sa kakaretso ea $ 5 milione.
Khau e tla lumella bafuputsi ho sebelisa mekhoa ea genomics ho loants'a phori ea downy, e leng lethise la bohlokoa ka ho fetisisa moruong le tšoaetsang kokoana-hloko. Pathogen e feto-fetohang haholo e ka baka tahlehelo tšimong le ka mor'a kotulo.
"Downy mildew e sokela tlhahiso hohle moo sejalo sa lettuce se lengoang teng, e hlokang mehato e theko e boima ea taolo ea lik'hemik'hale 'me e baka tahlehelo ea boleng ho bareki," ho boletse Michelmore.
Morero ona o tla etsa hore ho be le phepelo e utloahalang ea liphatsa tsa lefutso tse ncha tsa ho hanyetsa tse tla fella ka ho hanyetsa mafu ka nako e telele le tšebeliso e fokolang ea lik'hemik'hale tsa taolo. Patlisiso e tla tsoela lihoai tse tloaelehileng le tsa manyolo molemo ka ho fokotsa tahlehelo ea lijalo le ho ntlafatsa phaello. Hape e tla thusa ho fokotsa litšila tsa lijo le ho fa bareki lijo tse hlahisitsoeng ho sebelisoa lik'hemik'hale tse fokolang.
"Matsete a FFAR a tla eketsa tsebo ea rona ea ho hanyetsa limela le ho fetoha ha likokoana-hloko tse lebisang ho tsoalisong e atlehileng haholoanyane, e tsamaisoang ke tsebo ea mefuta ea lettuce e nang le khanyetso e tšoarellang ho downy mildew," ho boletse Michelmore.
Lichelete tse tsamaellanang li fanoe ke khonsotiamo ea machaba ea lik'hamphani tse 14 tse kholo le tse nyane le tsa biotechnology molemong oa ho rarolla mathata a bohlokoa tlhahisong ea lettuce.
"Moputso ona ke mohlala oa kamoo litšebelisano tsa sechaba le tsa poraefete li sebelisang chelete hantle bakeng sa lipatlisiso tse tla fana ka molemo ho lihoai, bahlahisi le bareki," ho boletse Sally Rockey, motsamaisi ea ka sehloohong oa FFAR. "Mokhoa ona oa consortium o fa lik'hamphani tse nyane monyetla o ikhethang oa ho kopanya lisebelisoa tsa bona tsa R&D le linaha tse kholo ho rarolla mathata a arolelanoang pele ho tlholisano a bohlokoa indastering ea lettuce."
Barupeluoa ba Lijalo tsa Bokamoso ba Leafy Greens ba kenyelletsa: BASF Vegetable Peo, 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., le Vilmorin SA