Mtengo wa phwetekere woyamba kusinthidwa chibadwa padziko lapansi wakhazikitsidwa pa $68 kapena kuposa Rs11000 pa kg. Malinga ndi zoulutsira nkhani zakunja, dziko la Japan lapanga phwetekere yoyamba padziko lonse lapansi yomwe yawongoleredwa kwambiri mwa kusintha kwambiri majeremusi ake. Tomato uyu watchedwa 'Sicilian Ruff High Gibba'.
Akatswiri amati phwetekereyi imakhala ndi Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) yochuluka kuwirikiza kasanu kuposa tomato wamba. Kuonjezera apo, mitundu ina ya GABA yawonjezeka yomwe imachepetsa kuthamanga kwa magazi. Mbewu zake zidapangidwa ndi chiyambi chotchedwa Sanatech, chomwe chapangidwa ku University Scuba International ku Japan. Panopa, tomatowa akugulitsidwa pa intaneti.
Kafukufuku wapanga ma genetic kusintha kwa tomato, ndipo palibe majini atsopano omwe awonjezeredwa, koma kusintha kwa ma genetic kwalepheretsa zinthu zomwe zimalepheretsa kukula kwa GABA. Pambuyo podutsa magawo angapo, kukula kwa GABA mu tomato kunayamba kuwonjezeka mofulumira.
Akatswiri a ku Scuba University akuti agwiritsa ntchito luso la CRISPR-Cas9 lodziwika bwino losintha ma genetic. Komabe, pambuyo podutsa magawo angapo, waloledwa kupangidwa ndi kugulitsidwa pamalonda. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, alimi ayamba kulima nthawi zonse.
Ofufuza amanena kuti wogula woyamba sanamvetse bwino luso lamakono, koma ntchito yaulimi ndi odzipereka ena adapeza kuti ndi yokhutiritsa. Tsopano Unduna wa Zaumoyo ku Japan wavomereza kugulitsa kwake pafupipafupi.
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