Olima ku Austria adapatsa tomato-mbatata ndi mutu wakuti "Vegetable of the Year 2018". Pansi pa nthaka, chomera chachilendo chimapanga ma tubers, ndipo tomato wa chitumbuwa amapsa panthambi.
Kuphatikizika pakati pa mbewu zotchedwa L'Erd2-Tom2 kudapezedwa ndi woweta wachi Dutch Bickenkamp mu 2014 atatha zaka zinayi: adabzala mphukira zamitundu yoyambirira ya phwetekere ya Paradeiser pa mbande za mbatata. Popeza mitundu yonse iwiriyi ndi ya banja la nightshade, njira yolumikizirana ndi yopambana.
Kugulitsa mbande za phwetekere ndi mbatata kunayamba pakati pa Epulo. Mu Chingerezi, adatchedwa TomTato (kuchokera ku mawu akuti "tomato" - phwetekere ndi "mbatata" - mbatata). Chomeracho chimakhala chachilengedwe chonse: chimatha kubzalidwa poyera komanso m'miphika kapena zidebe zokhala ndi mainchesi 50 cm ndi voliyumu yopitilira malita 40. M'nyengo yozizira, zokolola zabwino zimatha kukolola kuchokera ku haibridi iliyonse: pafupifupi 250-500 tomato yamatcheri ndi 2 kg ya mbatata.
Mwa njira, lingaliro la kuwoloka phwetekere ndi mbatata ndikupeza mbewu 2-mu-1 linabwera m'maganizo mwa obereketsa aku Soviet pafupifupi zaka 80 zapitazo. Breeder Brusnetsov, atatha zaka zambiri, adalandira wosakanizidwa womwewo ndipo mu 1939 anapereka chomera chobala zipatso pa All-Union Agricultural Exhibition ku Moscow.
Source: https://agronews.com