Silver whitefly ndiye chiwopsezo chachikulu cha mbewu zaulimi kumadera otentha ndi madera otentha, komanso malo otetezedwa kulikonse. Atafufuza za majini ake, ofufuzawo anapeza chibadwa cha zomera 49 chomwe chimasamutsidwa m’majini a tizilombo. Tsamba la Phys.org.
Mitundu yambiri yotereyi yodutsa pakati pa zomera ndi tizilombo sizinapezekepo. Izi zitha kuthandizira kupanga njira zatsopano zothanirana ndi tizilombo komanso kuchepetsa kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala ophera tizilombo.
Nkhondo ya pakati pa zomera ndi tizilombo todya udzu inayamba zaka mamiliyoni ambiri mmbuyomo. Zomera zikamatumiza mauthenga ndi kuyika zotchinga zakuthupi ndi zamankhwala, tizilombo timapanga njira zanzeru zodutsira malire amenewa. Majini omwe amakhudzidwa ndi kusintha kwa tizilombo nthawi zina amakhala ndi chiyambi chodabwitsa.
Kafukufuku waposachedwa mu 2020 ndi 2021 awonetsa kusamutsidwa kwamitundu iwiri ya zomera mu genome ya silver whitefly (Bemisia tabaci), ndi jini imodzi yomwe imapatsa ntchentche yoyera mphamvu yochepetsera poizoni wopangidwa ndi zomera ngati njira yodzitetezera. Chifukwa chochita chidwi ndi zomwe apeza, asayansi a National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment anayesa kufufuza kuti ndi mitundu ingati yochokera ku zomera yomwe inapezeka mu whitefly genome, yomwe inatsatizana bwino mu 2016. Kafukufuku wawo wamakono amasindikizidwa m'magazini Genome Biology ndi Evolution
Kupyolera mu kusanthula kwa bioinformatics, ofufuzawo adapeza majini 49 a zomera genome ntchentche zochokera ku zochitika 24 zodziyimira pawokha zosamutsa majini. Ambiri mwa majiniwa akuwonetsa mawonekedwe a magwiridwe antchito, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti amawonetsedwa ndi tizilombo ndipo amakhala ndi kusinthasintha kwamphamvu kwachisinthiko motero amakhala ndi gawo lotha kuchita nawo tizilombo.
Zotsatira za ochita kafukufuku zimasonyezanso kuti majini ambiri odziwika, monga omwe amagwira ntchito popanga ma enzyme omwe amathyola makoma a maselo a zomera, amathandiza kuti pakhale mgwirizano pakati pa zomera ndi tizilombo toyambitsa matenda. Izi mwina zikuwonetsa zotsatira za kusankha kwachilengedwe. majini a zomera mu tizilombo, zomwe mwina zinapangitsa kuti ntchentche zoyera zizigwirizana ndi mitundu yambiri ya zomera. Zomwe zimayambira komanso njira zosinthira izi sizikudziwikabe, koma zonse zidayamba zaka mamiliyoni angapo.
Aka ndi koyamba kuti anthu adziwike kuti ma jini ambiri amachokera ku zomera ndi tizilombo. Kafukufukuyu akutsegula chitseko cha kafukufuku watsopano wokhudza maubwenzi a zomera ndi tizirombo komanso kasamalidwe ka tizirombo. Kumvetsetsa udindo wa osamutsidwa majini kwa zomera ndi tizilombo kungayambitse chitukuko cha njira zowononga tizilombo pogwiritsa ntchito mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya kuswana yomwe ingachepetse kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala ophera tizilombo.