ʻO kahi ʻano ʻuala hou i kapa ʻia ʻo CIP-Matilde, hoʻomohala ʻia e ka International Potato Center (CIP) me ke kākoʻo mai ka Crop Trust, kahi laʻana hoihoi o ka hoʻohana ʻana o nā ʻohana hihiu o nā mea kanu i ka hānau ʻana.
Hiki ke kāohi ʻia ka blight late me nā agrochemicals, akā ʻaʻole hiki i nā miliona o nā mahiʻai ke noi iā lākou i nā manawa a pau e pono ai, e hopena ana ma kahi o $ 14 biliona o nā pohō o ka makahiki. Ma nā wahi mauna, makemake nā kūlana pulu i ka laha o ke ākea, a wānana nā ʻepekema e piʻi wale ka makaʻu o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi mai kēlā makahiki a kēia makahiki ke hoʻololi loli i ke aniau.
ʻO CIP-Matilde kahi huahana hānau kahi i hele ai nā ʻuala hihi me nā mea i mahi ʻia i mea e loaʻa ai kahi ʻano blight-resistant variety. Ua kapa ʻia ka inoa hou ma muli o ka ʻepekema ʻo Matilda Orrillo, ka mea nāna i hoʻohana mua i ka ʻuala hihiu ma ka International Potato Center (CIP) i nā makahiki 1980.
Hiki i nā ʻohana ʻUhi hihi ke kū aku i nā pilikia e like me ka wela a me ka maloʻo loa. Ma ke keʻa ʻana i nā ʻuala i mahi ʻia me nā mea hihiu, hiki ke hoʻoili ʻia kēia mau ʻano i nā keiki a me nā laʻana kūpale i lawe ʻia. Ua hana koke ʻia kēia ʻano, ʻoiai ua hoʻopili ka CIP i nā mahiʻai i ka wā hoʻokolokolo ma kahi wā mua. Ua koho ʻia he ʻelima mau laʻana, ʻo CIP-Matilde ka mea ʻoi loa.
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