Tagata suʻesuʻe i le Iunivesite o Kalefonia, Davis, o le a faʻaaogaina le genomics o lettuce e faʻafetaui se pathogen e mafua ai leiloa i le $ 3 piliona pisinisi i tausaga taʻitasi.
O le Faʻavae o Mea Taumafa ma Faʻatoʻaga Suesuega, poʻo le FFAR, faʻatauaina Richard Michelmore, polofesa ma faatonu o le UC Davis Genome Center, o le muamua suesuega foaʻi ala i le Crops of the Future Collaborative.
E maua e le UC Davis le $ 2.5 miliona mai le FFAR ma faʻasoasoa tupe mai le Crops of the Future Leafy Greens Tagata auai mo le aofaiga e $ 5 miliona.
O le faʻailoga o le a faʻatagaina ai le au suʻesuʻe ona faʻaaoga genomics auala e teteʻe atu ai i le polopogi agamalu, o le sili ona taua taua pathogen afaina ai lettuce. O le fesuiaiga fesuiaiga pathogen mafai mafua ai leiloa i le fanua ma pe a maeʻa le seleselega.
"O le pulupulu vaivai e taufaʻamataʻu le gaosiga i soʻo se mea e totō ai le salisi, e manaʻomia ai le taugata o le taofiofia o vailaʻau ma mafua ai le leiloa o le tulaga lelei mo tagata faʻatau," o le tala lea a Michelmore.
O le poloketi o le a mafai ai ona faʻatutuina lelei o genes fou tetee e mafua ai le sili atu onosaʻi faʻamaʻi teteʻe ma le faʻaaogaina o vailaʻau faʻatonutonu. O le suʻesuʻega o le a faʻamanuiaina uma i le faʻatoʻaga ma le aufaifaʻatoʻaga e ala i le faʻaititia o fua o le faʻatoʻaga ma le faʻaleleia o tupe maua. O le a fesoasoani foi e faʻaititia meaʻai faʻaleaoga ma tuʻuina atu i tagata faʻatau meaʻai na gaosia e faʻaaogaina ai ni nai vailaʻau.
"O le FFAR o le a teu tupe faʻafaigaluega o le a faʻateleina ai lo tatou malamalamaaga i laʻau faʻafitauli ma pathogen fesuisuiaʻi e tau atu i le sili atu le lelei, malamalama-faʻatupuina faʻatoʻaga o lettuce galueaina ma sili atu le tumau teteʻe atu i downy agamalu," fai mai Michelmore.
O faʻatusatusaga tupe o loʻo tuʻuina mai e le faʻapotopotoga faʻavaomalo o le 14 tele ma laʻititi faʻatoʻaga ma faʻavaomaloina kamupani ina ia mafai ai ona foʻia ni faʻafitauli taua i le gaosiaina o letisi.
"O lenei faʻailoga o se faʻataʻitaʻiga pe faʻafefea ona faʻaaoga faʻapitoa e le faiga faʻapaʻaga a le lautele-tumaʻoti faʻatupeina mo suʻesuʻega o le a maua ai penefiti i le aufaifaatoaga, tagata gaosi oloa, ma tagata faʻatau," o le tala lea a Sally Rockey, o le faʻatonusili o le FFAR. "O lenei faiga faʻapitoa o loʻo faʻaavanoaina ai i kamupani laiti se avanoa faʻapitoa e tuʻufaʻatasia ai a latou R&D ma isi kamupani tetele e fefaʻasoaaʻi i mataupu tau fefaʻatauaiga muamua e taua i le lettuce industry."
O fualaʻau o le lumanaʻi Leafy Greens Tagata auai aofia ai: BASF Fualaʻau Laʻau, Bejo Zaden BV, Benson Hill Biosytems, Inc., Enza Zaden Suesuega ma Atinaʻe, 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 ma Company Ltd., Tanimura & Antle Value Add LLC., Ma Vilmorin SA