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Lijalo tsa Meroho tsa Kenya Li Hlasetsoe
Kenya, masimo a tlokomang ao pele a neng a tšepisa kotulo e ngata hona joale ke mabala a ntoa ha lihoai tse nyenyane li tobane le tlhaselo e sa khaotseng ea likokoanyana tse senyang mobu. Phuputso ea morao-rao e entsoeng ke bo-rasaense ba Univesithi ea Nairobi le Setsi sa Machaba sa Likokoanyana Physiology le Ecology (ICIPE) e senotse 'nete e nyahamisang ea tlokotsi ena e ntseng e eketseha, e senola phello e senyang ea mefuta e' meli ea lintsintsi tse bolotsana lijalong tsa meroho ho pholletsa le sebaka sena.
Thuto, e hatisitsoeng ho Scientific Reports, e totobatsa ho hlaha ha Delia platura e le tšoso e tšabehang ho lijalo tsa k'habeche le Athergona orientalis e le mohanyetsi ea sa khaotseng masimong a onion. Likokoanyana tsena tse hlaselang, tse atlehang ka mor'a ho fetoha ha tlelaemete le ho senngoa ha libaka tsa bolulo, li bakile tšenyo e atileng, e sieang kotulo e senyehileng ea kotulo le mekhoa ea boipheliso e senyehileng.
Bafuputsi ba ile ba hlahloba libaka tsa temo literekeng tse hlano tsa bohlokoa—Nyandarua, Nakuru, Kiambu, Kajiado le Nyeri—’me ba fumana sebaka se sentsoeng ke tšenyo ea likokoanyana tse lulang mobung. Haufi le lisosa tse ka sehloohong, li-white grubs, wireworms le sap beetle, ho hlaseloa ke likokoanyana tsa onion le likokoanyana tse ling tse teng hammoho li ekelitse bomalimabe ba temo, ho nolofaletsa ho ata ha mafu a fokolisang a limela a kang Fusarium basal rot.
'Nete e nyahamisang e mpefatsoa ke ho se sebetse ha mehato ea khale ea ho laola, ka boiteko bo fetang 95% ba lihoai ba ho loantša likokoanyana tsena ka meriana e bolaeang likokoanyana e entsoeng ka maiketsetso e ipakile e le lefeela. Dennis Beekama, sengoli-'moho le eena oa phuputso le mosebetsi-'moho le eena oa liphuputso tsa ka morao ho ngaka ho ICIPE, o totobatsa tlhokahalo e potlakileng ea phetoho ea paradigm mawang a taolo ea likokoanyana.
"Libolaea-likokonyana tse entsoeng ka maiketsetso, ntle le hore ha li sebetse khahlano le likokoanyana tsena tse manganga, li beha likotsi tse kholo bophelong ba batho le tikolohong," Bee mokakama oa lemosa. "Ho bohlokoa hore re etelletse pele nts'etsopele le ho amohela mekhoa e meng e tšoarellang ho sireletsa tlhahiso ea temo le tekano ea tikoloho."
Ha re tobane le bothata bona bo ntseng bo mpefala, boipiletso ba hore ho nke khato bo ntse bo utloahala ka lentsoe le phahameng. Nako e se e fihlile ea hore bankakarolo ka bophara ba temo ba kopane ho lelekisa litharollo tsa boiqapelo, tse baballang chelete, le tse tšoarellang tikolohong. Ke feela ka boiteko bo kopanetsoeng le boitlamo bo sa thekeseleng moo re ka thibelang leqhubu la tšenyo le ho boloka bokamoso bo tiileng bakeng sa lekala la temo la Kenya.
Tlhaselo ea likokonyana tse senyang mobu e baka tšokelo e kholo lijalong tsa meroho Kenya, e totobatsang tlhoko e potlakileng ea maano a taolo ea moshoelella. Ha lihoai tse nyenyane li ntse li loantšana le liphello tse senyang tsa mefuta e hlaselang le ho eketseha ha likokoanyana tse bakoang ke boemo ba leholimo, boiteko bo kopanetsoeng bo bohlokoa ho hlahisa litharollo tse sebetsang hantle, tse baballang tikoloho tse sireletsang mekhoa ea boipheliso ea temo le ho boloka botsitso ba tikoloho le tikoloho ea sebaka seo.