ʻO ka namu ʻuala ʻo Colorado kekahi o nā mea ʻuala weliweli loa. He paʻakikī a hiki koke ke kū'ē i nā insecticides. Ua aʻo ka poʻe ʻepekema Lūkini i ka bacteria e hoʻopuka ana i kahi toxin kūikawā, ma ke kumu i hana ʻia ai nā huahana olaola e pale aku i nā mea kanu mai nā pests. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā spores (nā ʻano hoʻomaha) o ka microorganism i ka insecticide e hoʻopau i ka immunity ʻōpū o Colorado potato beetle larvae a hoʻolilo iā lākou i mea maʻalahi i ka toxin. Ua kākoʻo ʻia ka hana e ka Russian Science Foundation (RSF) a paʻi ʻia ma ka puke pai ʻo Toxins.
Hoʻopuka ka bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis (BT) i kahi ʻawaʻawa Cry kikoʻī e hoʻopilikia wale i nā pests. Hoʻomaka ka waiwai e hana ma hope o ka launa pū ʻana me nā enzyme intestinal o ka beetle, e hoʻopau i ka hana o kāna ʻōnaehana digestive a me ka pōloli.
Ua make ka pest i ka wā ma mua inā ʻaʻole no kāna mau hana hoʻololi i nā lāʻau lapaʻau BT. Hoʻomaikaʻi ka ʻōpū o ka ʻōpū, a ma muli o ka hopena, ʻaʻole hiki i ka bacteria a me kā lākou mau toxins ke hoʻokō i kā lākou kumu. ʻO nā mea noiʻi mai ka Novosibirsk State Agrarian University (Novosibirsk) a me ka Siberian Federal Scientific Center for Agrobiotechnology o ka Russian Academy of Sciences (Krasnoobsk) ua noʻonoʻo pehea e kāpae i kēia mau hana. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana i nā kinikona protein me nā spores (kahi ʻano moe o ka bacteria e hiki ke hoʻōla a hoʻonui i loko o nā inike) o Bacillus thuringiensis e kōkua maikaʻi i ka pepehi ʻana i ka pīkī potato Colorado.
Ke komo ka hui ʻana o nā spores bacteria a me nā toxins i ke kino, hoʻomaka nā iniseti i kahi ʻōnaehana luku a me ka neutralization o nā mea ʻona (detoxification). I ka manawa like, hoʻoikaika ʻia ka palekana humoral i loko o ka ʻōpū, e pale ana i ke kino mai nā pathogens. Eia naʻe, ua ʻike ka poʻe noiʻi i kahi hiʻohiʻona ʻē aʻe - i ka hui ʻana me nā toxins a me nā spores, hōʻike nā larvae i kahi ʻano redox ikaika a me ke kaʻina hana o ka hōʻino ʻana i nā cell intestinal ma muli o ka oxidation. Hoʻohui pū ʻia, alakaʻi kēia i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka pale antioxidant o nā larvae a me ka hōʻino ʻana i ko lākou olakino maʻamau.
“I ka hui ʻana o nā mea ʻawaʻawa me nā spores o ka bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis, hiki koke mai ka make ʻana o nā pepeke, a make ka 30% o nā pīkī potato Colorado. ʻO ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā ʻenehana e hiki ai ke hoʻopiha i ka mākeke o nā insecticides biorational me nā lāʻau lapaʻau home, hoʻomaikaʻi i ka maikaʻi o nā huahana meaʻai, hoʻemi i ka ukana pesticide i ke kaiapuni a hōʻemi i ka hopena maikaʻi ʻole i ke olakino lehulehu, "wahi a Ivan Dubovsky. ke poʻo o ka papahana hāʻawi RSF, Kauka o Biological Sciences, ke poʻo o ka hale hoʻokolohua.