Ua komo pū loa ka International Potato Center (CIP) i nā 34 mau hui ʻē aʻe o ka honua a ua hāʻawi ʻoi aku ma luna o 60 mau mea kanu ma ka Svalbard Global Seed Repository, kahi bunker biodiversity ma kahi mokupuni nui o Arctic ma Norway.
Ua kōkua kēia ʻano nui o nā hua kanu i mea e hoʻonui ai i ka nui o nā panana i mālama ʻia ma Svalbard ma mua o hoʻokahi miliona miliona, akā no ka CIP Gene Bank, ʻo ia wale nō ka mea i loaʻa i ka lako i nā hana mau e hoʻihoʻi i kāna mau hōʻiliʻili o nā ʻuala. , nā momona ʻuala, nā lau Andean a me nā waiū a me nā hoahānau kīwī o nā mea kanu.
"He kulekele ʻinikua kēia no ka wā e hiki mai ana o ke kanaka, e hōʻoia ana i kēia mau ʻano hua i kahi, inā hewa kekahi, ma aneʻi a ma ka honua kekahi," wahi a Noel Anglin, ke poʻo o ka CIP genebank a me ke alakaʻi o nā mea ola. CIP no kahi polokalamu e hiki mai ana. Ua ʻike ʻo ia i loko o nā makahiki i hala, ʻo Lima, Peru, kahi i noho ai ka genebank CIP, ua lū ʻia e nā ōlaʻi, ʻoiai ua hoʻopiha ʻia nā ʻāpana o ke kūlanakauhale ma 2017.
Hāʻawi ka Svalbard Global Seed Vault i kahi waihona paʻa mau i -18 ° C no nā hua mai nā genebanks o ka honua. ʻO NordGen - ka hui e lawelawe i kahi e waiho ai nā ʻanoʻano i ka laulima ʻana me ka Crop Trust a me ka Ministry of Agriculture and Food o Norewai - hoʻohana i kahi ʻōnaehana pahu ʻeleʻele, ʻo ia hoʻi hiki i nā mea kōkua ke hoʻopā a hōʻiliʻili paha i kā lākou hua. ʻOiai ʻo ka hāʻawi mau ʻana o nā genebanks i kā lākou loaʻa me nā hui ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka waihona ipu wale nō no ka mālama ʻana.
Loaʻa nā waihona kālā a Gene i kahi hoʻohālike nui o ka nohona o ke olakino e pili ana i ka honua, ʻo ka hapanui e hoʻoweliweli ʻia e ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana i ke kaiāulu, ke ʻano nui o ka wā a me ke ʻano o ka manaʻo o ka poʻe mahiʻai e neʻe mai ka kuʻuna a me nā ʻano hou.
Eia nō naʻe, aia kekahi mau ʻano kahiko a me kā lākou mau hoahānau aloha ʻole i hiki i nā mea hoʻohana ke hana e hana i nā ʻano kūpaʻa e pono ai ka poʻe lawaiʻa e hoʻopale ai i ke ʻano o ka wā e hiki mai ana, kahi e ʻoi ai nā kaila o nā gen a he mea nui aʻe.
ʻO ka mālama hou ʻana o CIP o 236 mea hoʻohālikelike o nā hua kanu uala a me nā ʻohana kamela o nā mea kanu he nui i hoʻohui ʻia i nā hua 9 206 i hoʻouna ʻia e CIP ma Svalbard. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo Svalbard kahi o kekahi o nā wahi i hāpai i ka CIP genebank i kāna hōʻiliʻili ʻana.
Mālama ka CIP genebank ma mua o 4800 mau ʻano ʻuala - mai nā ʻuala ʻAmelika ʻē aʻe i nā ʻano ulu ulu waena - a ma luna o 5500 mau ʻuala e like me nā mea kanu in vitro. Eia nō naʻe, mālama ka hale ʻo Svalbard i nā hua wale nō, no laila hiki i ka CIP ke mālama i kahi ʻāpana o kāna hōʻiliʻili ma laila, ʻo ka ʻohana hihiu ʻuala a me kaʻuala.
Mālama ʻo CIP i kāna hōʻiliʻili huaʻai ma vitro me ka Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA) a me kāna hōʻulu hua meli vitro ma ka International Tropical Agriculture Center (CIAT), Kolombia. Kūleʻa ka CIP ma ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka hōʻiliʻili CIAT ma vitro. ʻO nā waihona āpau kēia he pahu ʻeleʻele, e like me nā waihona ma Svalbard. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hōʻiliʻili o nā ʻuala, nā ʻuala uala a me nā hua kanu Andean a me nā kūleʻa CIP ua mālama ʻia hoʻi i ke kahua noiʻi ʻo ka Center ma Huancayo, i ka Andes Peruvian.
Kākoʻo ʻo CIP i ka ʻoli i ka 3277 o ka huaʻai e hoʻohana ana i ka cryopreservation, kahi mālama ʻia o nā mea kanu i ka wai puna wai kūwaho i ka -196 ° C. ʻO kā Cryopreservation he koho lōʻihi loa ka hana ʻana no ka mālama ʻana i nā mea kanu huaʻai, akā ke mālama ʻia nei ka hōʻiliʻili CIP cryopreservation i loko o kāna genebank Limaa. No laila, ke noi nei ʻo Anglin i nā koho no ke kākoʻo ʻana iā ia ma kahi ʻē.