Ofufuza a ku yunivesite ya California, Davis, adzagwiritsa ntchito ma genomics a letesi kuti athane ndi tizilombo toyambitsa matenda timene timayambitsa kutayika mu makampani a $ 3 biliyoni chaka chilichonse.
The Foundation of Food and Agriculture Research, kapena FFAR, inapatsa Richard Michelmore, pulofesa ndi mkulu wa UC Davis Genome Center, thandizo loyamba lofufuza kudzera mu Crops of the Future Collaborative.
UC Davis adzalandira $2.5 miliyoni kuchokera ku FFAR ndi ndalama zofananira kuchokera ku Crops of the Future Leafy Greens Participants kwa $5 miliyoni.
Mphothoyi idzalola ochita kafukufuku kugwiritsa ntchito njira za genomics polimbana ndi downy mildew, yomwe ndi imodzi mwazachuma kwambiri yomwe imayambitsa letesi. Tizilombo tosiyanasiyana tambiri titha kuwononga m'munda komanso pambuyo pokolola.
"Downy mildew amawopseza kukolola kulikonse komwe mbewu ya letesi imalima, zomwe zimafuna njira zodula zowongolera mankhwala zomwe zimapangitsa kuti ogula awonongeke," adatero Michelmore.
Pulojekitiyi ipangitsa kuti pakhale kutumizidwa koyenera kwa majini atsopano olimbana ndi matenda zomwe zimapangitsa kuti pakhale matenda olimba komanso osagwiritsa ntchito mankhwala oletsa. Kafukufukuyu apindulira alimi wamba komanso wachilengedwe pochepetsa kutayika kwa mbewu ndikupeza phindu. Zithandizanso kuchepetsa kuwononga chakudya ndikupatsa ogula chakudya chomwe chapangidwa pogwiritsa ntchito mankhwala ochepa.
"Ndalama za FFAR ziwonjezera chidziwitso chathu cha kukana kwa mbewu komanso kusiyanasiyana kwa tizilombo toyambitsa matenda zomwe zimatsogolera kukolola bwino, motsogozedwa ndi chidziwitso cha mitundu ya letesi yolimbana ndi downy mildew," adatero Michelmore.
Ndalama zofananirazi zimaperekedwa ndi mgwirizano wamayiko osiyanasiyana wamakampani 14 akulu ndi ang'onoang'ono oweta ndi sayansi yazachilengedwe kuti athe kuthana ndi mavuto akulu pakupanga letesi.
"Mphotho iyi ndi chitsanzo cha momwe mgwirizano pakati pa anthu ndi wabizinesi umathandizira bwino ndalama zothandizira kafukufuku zomwe zingapindulitse alimi, opanga, ndi ogula," adatero Sally Rockey, mkulu wa bungwe la FFAR. "Njira yolumikiziranayi imapatsa makampani ang'onoang'ono mwayi wapadera wophatikiza chuma chawo cha R&D ndi mayiko akuluakulu kuti athane ndi mavuto omwe adagawana nawo asanayambe mpikisano wofunikira pamakampani a letesi."
Mbewu za Mtsogolo Leafy Greens Ophunzira akuphatikizapo: BASF Vegetable Mbewu, 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., and Vilmorin SA