Hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka maʻi ʻuala a me ke kahe wai i Taiwan e hōʻemi i ka hemahema o nā mea kanu ma waena o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau, wahi a ka Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute.
Ua hoʻomohala ʻia ka ʻano ʻuala hou ma ke ʻano he papahana cross-breeding ma waena o nā ʻuala Atlantika a me nā ʻano hua kiʻekiʻe, i hana ʻia mai 2016 a 2019.
ʻO ka ʻano hopena, i kapa ʻia ʻo Tainung No. 4, kū'ē i nā kūlana pulu, maʻi a hiki ke hana. He mea koʻikoʻi kēia mau ʻano no ka hana ʻana i ka meaʻai nui a me ka mahiʻai organik.
I ka mahina i hala aku nei, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia e ka Agriculture and Food Agency iā Tainung No.4, a ua ʻōlelo nā ʻelele o ka institute e hoʻolālā lākou e hoʻomaka e hana me nā mahiʻai e kanu iā ia i ka makahiki aʻe.
ʻO ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau ka mea i hoʻonui ai i ka nui o nā waikahe ma ka ʻāina a me ka piʻi ʻana o ka nui o nā maʻi kanu, kahi i alakaʻi ai i nā poho nui o ka loaʻa kālā o ka poʻe mahiʻai. Ma lalo o ia mau kūlana, koi nui nā ʻano ʻano hoʻomau.
ʻO kahi hōʻailona koʻikoʻi o ka maikaʻi o ka ʻuala ʻo ia ka mea maloʻo. Ma Tainung No. 4 he 22 pakeneka kēia helu, e like me kona makua, ka ʻuala ʻAkelanika. He ʻano like ka nui a ma kahi o 70 pakeneka o ka mea kanu i hana ʻia me nā ʻuala nui hiki ke kūʻai ʻia, a ʻo ka haʻahaʻa o ke kō liʻiliʻi ʻo ia hoʻi ʻaʻole ia e pōʻeleʻele i ka wā i kālua ʻia.
ʻO kekahi mea maikaʻi ʻo ia ka maʻalahi o ka kuke ʻana i nā ʻuala o kēia ʻano like ʻole, no ka mea, he ʻano ʻuala maikaʻi ko lākou a hiki ke kuke ʻia no ka manawa lōʻihi me ka ʻole o ka ʻai ʻana. ʻO ka wā ulu o kahi ʻano hou mai 100 a 110 mau lā.