Ngakhale kuchuluka kwa mpweya woipa wa carbon dioxide kumalimbikitsa kukula kwa zomera, kumachepetsanso zakudya zawo, zomwe zingakhudze kwambiri zakudya ndi chitetezo cha chakudya padziko lonse lapansi. Ofufuza pa yunivesite ya Michigan State apeza njira yatsopano yosinthira zomera kuti zigwirizane ndi nyengo yomwe ikusintha - chidziwitsochi chingagwiritsidwe ntchito kuthandiza zomera kuti zikule mwamphamvu ndikusunga zakudya zawo. Tsamba la Phys.org.
Phosphorus imagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati feteleza ndipo ndiyofunikira kukula kwa zomera, koma nkhokwe za phosphorous padziko lonse ndizochepa.
"Sitingathe kupanga [phosphorous] ngati feteleza wa nayitrogeni," adatero Hatem Ruashed, pulofesa wothandizira pa College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. "Tiyenera kumvetsetsa bwino momwe zomera zimadyera phosphorous kuti zikhale ndi moyo."
Ruashed ndi gulu lake anaona kuti zomera zikakhala ndi mpweya wochuluka wa carbon dioxide, phosphorous mu mphukira ndi masamba a zomera zinachepa.
"Tinkafuna kudziwa chifukwa chake zomera sizitenga phosphorous," adatero Ruashed. - Ndipo muwone ngati kuchepa kuli kuchuluka kwa phosphorous chilema kapena yankho lokhazikika, ndipo kodi pali njira yosinthira zimenezo kuti zomera zikule ndi kutipatsa chakudya chopatsa thanzi.”
Ruashed ndi gulu lake adayang'ana mozama pamlingo wa subcellular ndipo adapeza kuti zomera zimapewa kudzaza ma chloroplast awo ndi phosphorous ngati kuyankha kosinthika pakukweza kwa carbon dioxide. Chloroplasts ndi kumene photosynthesis imachitika, kumene chlorophyll, pamaso pa kuwala kwa dzuwa, imapanga chakudya chakukula kwa zomera. Phosphorus ndi gawo lofunikira la photosynthesis komanso kupanga mphamvu zama cell.
“Chofunika kwambiri pa zomwe tapeza ndikuti tikamayesetsa kupeza mbewu kuti tiwonjezere zambiri phosphorous kukhala chloroplast, mbewuyo simakula, ”adatero Ruashed. "Tapeza kuti kuchuluka kwa phytic acid m'zomera kuyenera kuyendetsedwa mwamphamvu kuti mbewu zikule m'malo okhala ndi mpweya wambiri wa carbon dioxide."
Ofufuza apeza kuti pamene milingo ya phytic acid iposa malire ena, zomera sizimakula.
"Nkhaniyi ndi yoyamba kusonyeza kuti pakufunika kukambirana za momwe tingatetezere zomera ku kusowa kwa zakudya m'thupi chifukwa cha kuwonjezeka kwa carbon dioxide padziko lonse," adatero Ruashed.
Kafukufukuyu adasindikizidwa mu nyuzipepala ya Current Biology.