Hiki i ia mīkini ke lilo i mea hoʻonā e hōʻemi ai i ka laha ʻana o ka maʻi i ka wā o ka ʻoki ʻana i nā hua kanu.
Hoʻolaha ʻia ka ʻuala, ʻo ka ʻoki ʻana i nā ʻuala he hana maʻamau e hahai ʻia e nā mea kanu e hoʻonui i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hua no ke kanu ʻana. Eia nō naʻe, hiki i kēia hana ke hoʻololi i ka mīkini o nā maʻi i hoʻokumu ʻia e kekahi mau maʻi bacterial, fungal a viral. No ka laʻana, he maʻi kūʻē ʻole ka maʻi maʻi maʻi, a hiki ke hoʻolaha ʻia ka maʻi i ka wā o ka ʻoki ʻana i nā hua.
Ke hoʻopau nei nā mea hana i nā mea ʻoki hua ma waena o nā hua me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka chlorine a i ʻole quaternary ammonium compound. ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kēia hana i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka laha ʻana o ka maʻi ma waena o ka nui o nā hua, aia ka pilikia mau o ka lawe ʻana i ka maʻi ke ʻoki ʻia nā ʻuala.
Ua hana pū ʻo Tyler Thompson (luna mahiʻai mua ma San Louis Valley Research Center) me Ronald Price (Research Farm Technician ma San Louis Valley Research Center) e hoʻomohala i kahi Flame Sterilizing Potato Seed Tuber Cutting Machine.
ʻO ka manaʻo kumu o kēia mea noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ka hoʻomehana ʻana i nā disiki ʻoki hua (me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka hui ʻana o ka acetylene a me ka ea compressed) i kahi 250°F e pepehi pono i nā pathogens āpau, a laila e kaupalena ʻia ka laha ʻana o ka maʻi. Ua waiho pū ʻia kahi palapala patent e wehewehe ana i kēia ʻenehana hou me CSUVentures.
ʻO ka Plant Pathology Program, alakaʻi ʻia e Dr. Chakradhar Mattupalli ma San Luis Valley Research Center, ke alakaʻi nei i ka noiʻi e hōʻike i ka pono o kēia mīkini i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o nā maʻi bacterial a me nā maʻi viral e hiki ke hana i ka wā o ka ʻoki ʻana i nā hua. Paipai ʻia nā hopena mua a ke hoʻomaka nei nā hoʻāʻo ma hope o ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana.