Anthu amtundu wa Colorado mbatata kachilomboka ayamba kukana mankhwala ophera tizilombo okwana 56, koma si onse omwe atayika.
Makhalidwe ovuta kwambiri a Colorado potato beetle ndi luso lake lodabwitsa lotha kukana mankhwala ophera tizilombo pogwiritsa ntchito njira zosiyanasiyana zachilengedwe, kuphatikizapo kuwonjezeka kwa kagayidwe kachakudya, kuwonjezeka kwa chimbudzi (kuchotsa poizoni), komanso kuchepa kwa mankhwala ophera tizilombo chifukwa cha zida zake zamphamvu za carapace, akatswiri a entomologists a Marc Milensky. ndi Manuel Campos akuti, kuchokera ku BioSafe Systems m'nkhani yaposachedwa yofalitsidwa m'magazini a Potato Country.
Milensky ndi Campos akuti mankhwala ambiri ophera tizirombo awonetsa kuchepa mwachangu, pomwe anthu osiyanasiyana a Colorado mbatata kachilomboka m'madera osiyanasiyana akukula ndikupitilizabe kukana pafupifupi 56 opha tizilombo.
Mwachitsanzo, gulu ili likuphatikizapo carbamates, organophosphates, synthetic pyrethroids/pyrethrins, ndi neonicotinoids. Palinso umboni wosonyeza kuti kachilomboka ka Colorado mbatata kamakonda kukana khalidwe, kutanthauza kuti mphutsi ndi/kapena akuluakulu amasamukira kunja kwa madera ochitiridwa mankhwala kumene samva kupha mankhwala.
Pakadali pano, ngakhale palibe mankhwala ophera tizilombo kapena pulogalamu yeniyeni yopondereza kachilomboka ka Colorado mbatata 100%, asayansi akuyesetsa kupeza njira zatsopano zothetsera kachilomboka ka Colorado mbatata.
Zina mwa zida zatsopanozi zikuwonetsa lonjezo zikaphatikizidwa m'mapulogalamu ophatikizika a kasamalidwe kachirombo kameneka.
Zogulitsa zomwe zalandila bwino polimbana ndi kachilomboka ka Colorado mbatata zimatchedwa mycoinsecticides yomwe ili ndi bowa. Beauveria basiana, ndi zowongolera zakukula kwa tizilombo zopangidwa kuchokera ku mbewu monga azadirachtin.
(Source: potatonewstoday.com).