Makina otere atha kukhala njira yothetsera kufalikira kwa matenda panthawi yodula ma tubers.
Mbatata zimafalitsidwa mosiyanasiyana, kudula ma tubers ndi njira yodziwika bwino yotsatiridwa ndi alimi kuti awonjezere kupezeka kwa mbeu pobzala. Komabe, mchitidwe umenewu umabweretsa chiopsezo cha makina kufala kwa matenda chifukwa cha bakiteriya, mafangasi ndi tizilombo toyambitsa matenda. Mwachitsanzo, bakiteriya mphete zowola ndi matenda ndi ziro kukana ndi kufala kwa matendawa akhoza kuchitika podula njere tuber ntchito.
Pakali pano opanga amapha tizilombo todulira mbewu pakati pa mbeu pogwiritsa ntchito chlorine kapena quaternary ammonium compounds. Ngakhale kuti mchitidwewu ndi wothandiza poletsa kufalikira kwa matendawa pakati pa mbewu, pali chiopsezo chotenga matenda nthawi zonse pamene ma tubers adulidwa.
Tyler Thompson (yemwe kale anali Woyang'anira Famu ku San Louis Valley Research Center) anagwira ntchito ndi Ronald Price (Research Farm Technician ku San Louis Valley Research Center) kuti apange Makina Odulira Mbatata a Flame Sterilizing Potato.
Lingaliro lalikulu lachidziwitsochi limaphatikizapo kutentha ma disks odula mbewu (pogwiritsa ntchito mafuta osakaniza a acetylene ndi mpweya woponderezedwa) mpaka pafupifupi 250 ° F kuti aphe tizilombo toyambitsa matenda, motero kuchepetsa kufalikira kwa matenda. Ntchito ya patent yomwe ikufotokoza zaukadaulo watsopanowu idaperekedwanso ku CSUVentures.
Plant Pathology Program, motsogozedwa ndi Dr. Chakradhar Mattupalli ku San Luis Valley Research Center, pakali pano ikuchita kafukufuku kuti awonetse mphamvu ya makinawa pochepetsa kufalikira kwa matenda a bakiteriya ndi ma virus omwe angachitike panthawi yodula mbewu. Zotsatira zoyambirira ndi zolimbikitsa ndipo kuyesa pambuyo pa kukolola kuli mkati.