Researchungiyar bincike ta UI ta ƙaddamar da binciken sarrafa ƙwayoyin cuta

MOSCOW, Idaho (KIFI / KIDK) -Tungiyar Jami'ar Idaho za ta yi amfani da dala miliyan 5.8 na Ma’aikatar Aikin Gona ta Amurka don bincika wasu ƙwayoyin cuta da ke haifar da babbar asara a cikin masana'antar dankalin turawa.

Two dozen scientists are focusing on potato virus Y (PVY) and potato mop top virus (PMTV) in seed potatoes and potatoes grown for market.

PVY damages plants and reduces yields and potato size, making the crop less valuable. A U of I study indicates PVY losses cost Idaho’s potato industry $34 million a year and reduced yields 10-50%. 

Jihohi shida sun gano kwayar cutar, PMVT, a cikin shukar dankalin su. 

Aikin ya hada da masu bincike a jihohi goma masu noman dankali. U of I masu bincike a Idaho Falls, Kimberly, da Moscow zasuyi aiki akan aikin.

Aikin na tsawon shekaru hudu zai fara mayar da hankali ne kan bai wa masu shuka kayan aiki don sarrafa ƙwayoyin cuta, sannan sarrafa ƙwayoyin da ke yaɗar cutar, kuma, a ƙarshe, gano ƙwayoyin halittar da za su iya ba da juriya ta asali a gare su.

Masanin binciken UI kuma masanin cutar dankalin Turawa Dokta Alex Karasev ya nuna cewa, "Saboda matsayinta na babbar kasa mai samar da dankalin Turawa, ya dace Idaho ke jagorantar aikin."

Masu binciken za su yi nazarin tasirin tattalin arzikin ƙwayoyin cuta da haɓaka hanyoyin sadarwa tare da ilimantar da masu ci gaba game da mafi kyawun dabarun rage tasirin ƙwayoyin cutar.

Karasev won a mid-career award from U of I in 2013 partly for his work on PVY, which became an issue for Idaho growers in the early 2000s. He recently turned his attention to PMTV as its threat to the potato industry increased.

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