Tsopano zitheka kupanga ma tubers okhala ndi mtundu wokongola kwambiri
Mtundu wa khungu la mbatata ndi chimodzi mwazinthu zazikulu za ogula, zomwe nthawi zambiri zimakhala zokhazikika posankha ndi kugula.
Pakafukufuku watsopano, asayansi ku James Hutton Institute apeza molekyu ya chibadwa yomwe imayang'anira kupanga anthocyanin, pigment yachilengedwe yomwe imakhudzanso khungu la ma tubers a mbatata.
Ofufuzawo adazindikiranso zoletsa zomwe sizinali zodziwika kale za kupanga anthocyanin, zomwe zimathandizira obereketsa mbatata kugwiritsa ntchito majiniwa pamapulogalamu atsopano oswana kuti apange mitundu yosangalatsa yamitundu.
"Mamolekyu a MicroRNA amayang'anira majini ambiri a mbatata ndipo amatha kudziwa mikhalidwe, kuphatikiza kukana matenda kapena tuberization. Kwa nthawi yoyamba, tazindikira zambatata ya microRNA yomwe imagwirizana kwambiri ndi mtundu wofiirira wa khungu ndi thupi. Pogwiritsa ntchito njira zama cell biology, tidazindikira microRNA iyi ndikuzindikira kupezeka kwa molekyulu ina yaifupi ya RNA mu mbatata yomwe sinafotokozedwe kale.
Kafukufukuyu akuwonetsa zovuta kupanga mtundu wina wa ma tubers a mbatata ndipo amapatsa obereketsa kuzindikira pakuwongolera mikhalidwe yofunika yomwe imakhudza zomwe ogula amakonda.
Kafukufukuyu adathandizidwa ndi Boma la Scottish la Environment, Agriculture ndi Food Policy Research Program.
(Source: mbatatawtoday.com) ..