Ua hoʻomaka mua ʻia kahi papahana e aʻo ai i nā ʻōpala a me nā kālika ma Transcaucasus, Central Asia a me ka Middle East e kahi ʻepekema Altai mahalo i kahi haʻawina mai ka Russian Science Foundation (RSF). E kōkua ke aʻo ʻana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā mea e hoʻomalu ai i ka nui o nā pests i mea e hōʻemi ai i ka pōʻino o nā mahiʻai, kāna mea kākau, entomologist, polopeka ma ka Institute of Biology and Biotechnology o Altai State University Roman Yakovlev i haʻi aku iā TASS.
“E hoʻokō ʻia ka papahana i nā makahiki ʻelua e hiki mai ana. Ma ke ʻano he haʻawina, ua hoʻolālā ʻia nā huakaʻi i Armenia, Georgia, a me Morocco. Ua hōʻike nui ʻia ka hui o nā manu lele kamanā ma Transcaucasia. Aia nā ʻōpala o nā aniani - ua kapa ʻia lākou he "dispess" a i ʻole "onion whetstones." Ke manaʻo nei ka papahana i ke aʻo ʻana iā lākou, no ka mea, ʻo nā pepeke he mau mea hōʻeha koʻikoʻi o nā aniani a me ke kāleka, ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea kanu nui ma ia wahi, "wahi a Yakovlev.
Wahi a ia, ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i kahi hui nui o nā pepeke, aia ma kahi o 75 mau ʻano. I kēia manawa ʻaʻole hiki i nā entomologists mahiʻai ke hana maikaʻi iā lākou, no ka mea, ua aʻo liʻiliʻi ʻia nā ʻano o kēia ʻano, a no laila, ʻaʻole i kūkulu ʻia nā hana e hoʻoponopono ai i ka nui o nā pests. Mahalo i ka papahana Yakovlev, e loaʻa ka ʻike piha e pili ana i kēia pūʻulu o nā pepeke. ʻO ka mea nui, ʻo kekahi o nā hopena o ka papahana ʻo ia ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi panakō o nā māka DNA e kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana i nā pests. Ma hope mai, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia mau ʻikepili, hiki ke hoʻomohala ʻia nā ʻano hana e hakakā ai i kēia mau iniseti.