Richard Ferrieri sanaganizepo kuti botolo losavuta la utsi wamadzimadzi lingasinthe komwe gulu lake likufufuza. Poyamba, Ferrieri ndi gulu la ofufuza a pa yunivesite ya Missouri anaika maganizo awo pa kufufuza momwe nthaka yonyowa ndi utsi wamoto umakhudza kukula kwa zomera. Koma atayamba kafukufuku wawo, adapeza zinthu zodabwitsa, ndipo akukhulupirira kuti tsiku lina zitha kugwiritsidwa ntchito kukonza thanzi la mbewu zachakudya.
Richard Ferrieri, pulofesa mu Dipatimenti ya Chemistry pa yunivesite ya Missouri (MURR), ananena kuti pamene asayansi a gulu lake lofufuza anawonjezera utsi wamadzimadzi m’nthaka kumene chomera cha mpendadzuwa chimamera, anapeza kuti chikhoza kulimbitsa chitetezo chake chachibadwa ndi kuonjezera. mphamvu yake yolimbana ndi tizirombo ndi matenda malinga ndi Phys.org.
Utsi wamadzi wotuluka chifukwa cha utsi woyaka chifukwa cha nkhuni zoyaka wagwiritsiridwa ntchito kuyerekezera, m’malo a labotale, mikhalidwe yautsi imene moto wa m’nkhalango ungadzere.
"Zomera sizingathe kuthawa pamene zikuyesera kudziteteza ku zoopsa," adatero Ferrieri, yemwenso ndi membala wa Interdisciplinary Plant Science Group ya University of Missouri. “Chotero, mbewu imafunikira mphamvu zambiri kuti igawire zinthu zamtengo wapatali zomwe nthawi zambiri imagwiritsa ntchito kuti ikule kuti itetezeke. Monga momwe zimakhalira ndi thupi la munthu, chinsinsi cha thanzi la zomera ndi momwe mitsempha yawo imagwirira ntchito pansi pa kupsinjika maganizo. "
Mu phunziro ili, asayansi anagwiritsa ntchito carbon-11 radioisotope yopangidwa ndi cyclotron ku yunivesite ya Missouri kuti awone momwe utsi umakhudzira dongosolo la mitsempha mu mpendadzuwa, kapena dongosolo lomwe limanyamula mpweya, madzi, ndi kufufuza zinthu muzomera zonse. Ferrieri adati adapeza kuti mpendadzuwa womwe umabzalidwa munthaka yothira utsi wamadzimadzi uli ndi masamba akulu, okhuthala, obiriira komanso satengeka ndi tizirombo komanso matenda.
M'tsogolomu, Ferrieri akufuna kukulitsa kafukufukuyu poyesa mbewu zina, monga soya. Soya ikhoza kukhala yowonjezera yachilengedwe ya kafukufuku wawo chifukwa ili ndi mtundu wofanana wa mitsempha ya mpendadzuwa komanso imayambitsa matenda osiyanasiyana.
Ferrieri akuyembekeza kuti ntchito ya labu yake ithandiza kupeza njira yothetsera vuto la kusowa kwa chakudya padziko lonse lapansi popereka njira ina yachilengedwe yogwiritsira ntchito mankhwala ophera tizilombo kuti athandize alimi kuti azitha kukana matenda osiyanasiyana.
Kuchiza ndi utsi wamadzimadzi ndi mankhwala ena omwe amawononga utsi kumachepetsa kusagwirizana kwa phloem mu mpendadzuwa, ndikukulitsa kukula.