Colorado mbatata kachilomboka ndi imodzi mwa tizilombo toopsa kwambiri ku mbatata. Ndiwolimba ndipo sachedwa kugonjetsedwa ndi tizilombo. Asayansi aku Russia aphunzira mabakiteriya omwe amapanga poizoni wina, pamaziko omwe zinthu zachilengedwe zimapangidwira kuteteza zomera ku tizirombo. Zinapezeka kuti kuwonjezera kwa spores (matalala mitundu) kwa tizilombo toyambitsa matenda kumawononga chitetezo cham'mimba cha mphutsi za Colorado mbatata kachilomboka ndikupangitsa kuti atengeke kwambiri ndi poizoni. Ntchitoyi idathandizidwa ndi Russian Science Foundation (RSF) ndipo idasindikizidwa m'magazini ya Toxins.
Bacillus thuringiensis (BT) mabakiteriya amapanga poizoni wa Cry omwe amakhudza tizilombo tokha. Chinthucho chimayamba kugwira ntchito pokhapokha mutagwirizana ndi michere ya m'mimba ya kachilomboka, kusokoneza ntchito yake ya m'mimba ndikuyambitsa njala.
Tizilombo toyambitsa matenda tikadafa kalekale, ngati sikunakhalepo chifukwa cha njira zake zosinthira ku mankhwala opangidwa ndi BT. Chitetezo cha m'matumbo chimakhala bwino, ndipo chifukwa chake, mabakiteriya ndi poizoni wawo sangathe kukwaniritsa cholinga chawo. Ofufuza a Novosibirsk State Agrarian University (Novosibirsk) ndi Siberian Federal Scientific Center of Agrobiotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Krasnoobsk) apeza momwe angalambalale njirazi. Kuphatikiza kwa poizoni wa mapuloteni ndi spores (mabakiteriya ogona omwe amatha kuyambitsa ndikuchulukana mkati mwa tizilombo) a Bacillus thuringiensis amathandiza kupha kachilomboka ka mbatata ku Colorado.
Pamene chisakanizo cha spores ndi poizoni wa bakiteriya alowa m'thupi, tizilombo timayambitsa dongosolo la chiwonongeko ndi kusalowerera ndale kwa mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya poizoni (detoxification). Pa nthawi yomweyo, humoral chitetezo adamulowetsa mu intestine, amene amateteza thupi ku tizilombo toyambitsa matenda. Komabe, ofufuzawo adapezanso chinthu chimodzi - poizoni akaphatikizidwa ndi spores, mphutsi zimawonetsa kusalinganika kolimba kwa redox komanso kuwonongeka kwa maselo am'mimba chifukwa cha okosijeni kumayambika. Kuphatikizidwa pamodzi, izi zimabweretsa kuphwanya chitetezo cha antioxidant cha mphutsi ndi kuwonongeka kwa thanzi lawo lonse.
"Poizoni akaphatikizidwa ndi spores za bakiteriya Bacillus thuringiensis, tizilombo timafa msanga, ndipo 30% yochulukirapo ya Colorado kafadala. Kukhazikitsidwa kwa mankhwala opangidwa ndi matekinoloje kudzalola kudzaza msika wa mankhwala ophera tizilombo ndi mankhwala apakhomo, kukonza zakudya zabwino, kuchepetsa kuchuluka kwa mankhwala ophera tizilombo pa chilengedwe komanso kuchepetsa kuwononga thanzi la anthu, "adatero Ivan Dubovsky, polojekitiyi. woyang'anira thandizo kuchokera ku Russian Science Foundation, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Mtsogoleri wa Laboratory biological plant protection and biotechnology ya Novosibirsk State Agrarian University.