Ngakhale kuti chakudya chikuchulukirachulukira, theka la zokolola zapadziko lonse lapansi zimawonongeka chifukwa cha kuwonongeka kwa tizilombo toyambitsa matenda. Zomera zimadziwika kuti zimatulutsa zinthu zosiyanasiyana zomwe zimasokonekera m'chilengedwe, zomwe zitha kugwiritsidwa ntchito pozindikira matenda msanga komanso kupewa kutayika kwa mbewu. Kafukufuku watsopano wopangidwa ndi Hebrew University of Jerusalem ndi Israel Agricultural Research Organisation (Vulcani Institute) wapanga sensor yachilengedwe yozindikira matenda obisika mu tubers ya mbatata, imodzi mwazinthu zazikulu zaulimi ku Israeli, ndikupanga chaka chilichonse mpaka 700000. matani, malipoti Chithunzi cha STMEGI.
Alimi a ku Israel amaitanitsa mbatata kuchokera ku Ulaya kuti adzabzale, ndipo ena mwa machubu otumizidwa kunja amafika kale ndi matenda omwe amayambitsa kuvunda ndikuchepetsa kwambiri khalidwe. Ofufuza ku Yunivesite ya Chihebri ndi Vulcani Institute apanga kachipangizo kozindikira matenda a mbatata ndipo angathandize kupewa kufalikira kwawo.
Chitukukochi, chomwe chidzasindikizidwa m'magazini yotsatira ya sayansi ya sayansi ya sayansi ya Talanta, inachitidwa ndi Dr. Doreen Harpaz ndi wophunzira wake wa PhD Boris Veltman ku Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment ku yunivesite ya Chihebri motsogoleredwa ndi Dr. Evgeny Yeltsov wochokera ku Vulcani Institute. Ofufuzawa adagwirizana ndi Dr. Sarit Melamed ndi Dr. Tzipora Titel (Vulcani Institute) ndi Dr. Leah Tsror (Gilat Research Center).
Sensayi imachokera ku kuphatikiza kwanzeru bioengineering ndi Optics. Ikakhala pafupi ndi tuber ya mbatata yomwe ili ndi kachilombo, chinthu cha bakiteriya chomwe chili mkati mwake chimayamba kutulutsa kuwala, komwe mphamvu yake imadalira ndende komanso kapangidwe ka mankhwala ovunda mumlengalenga. Malinga ndi Dr. Yeltsov, "Kuchuluka kwa kuwala komwe kumatulutsidwa ndi gulu la bakiteriya kumakulolani kuti mufufuze mwamsanga matendawa ngakhale asanawonekere zizindikiro zowonekera." Izi zimakupatsani mwayi wodzipatula ma tubers omwe ali ndi matenda mwachangu, kupewa kukula kapena kufalikira kwa zowola ku mbewu zina.
Pa phunziro, kachipangizo anapeza matenda tubers kuti sanasonyeze zizindikiro zooneka za matenda, ndipo pamaso pa tizilombo tubers zinatulutsa kuwala kowirikiza kawiri ngati poyesa thanzi mbatata.
Kuzindikira msanga matenda kumapereka mwayi waukulu kwa olima zakudya. Dr. Doreen Harpaz: "Kachilombo kazamoyo kameneka kangagwiritsidwe ntchito kuti azindikire mwamsanga komanso mopanda mtengo kuti azindikire zowola zobisika za mbatata, kuwongolera zokolola komanso kuchepetsa kuwononga chakudya, zomwe ndizofunikira kwambiri pazovuta zapadziko lonse lapansi."