Inkqubo yokuhlola i-aphid iza kusungulwa ngo-2022
Umboneleli wezisombululo ze-CROP uFera uza kubonelela ngenkqubo yokujonga ii-aphid kwiitapile zembewu, ezineemigibe zamanzi ezimthubi, kwixesha lonyaka lika-2022, emva kokumisela imfuno evela kubathengi kunye nabachaphazelekayo abakhoyo.
Le nkqubo, eyaqaliswa okokuqala ngo-2004 kusetyenziswa inkxaso-mali yerhafu ye-AHDB, iza kusebenzisa iqonga elifanayo lokunika ingxelo kunye nelokulumkisa njengoko lalisetyenziswa kwiminyaka edlulileyo.
Kuya kuhlalutywa iisampulu ezifikelela kwi-10 kwindawo nganye yomthi. Le nkonzo iya kuquka ukubonelela ngesampulu kunye neembiza zokubuyisela iisampulu kwi-FERA. Iziphumo ziya kupapashwa ngokungaziwayo xa kunikwe imvume ukuze zikwazi ukudweliswa yinkampani.
Iintsuku zeveki. Zikhuphe kubhaliso ngokucofa kube kanye.
Le nkampani iza kuvelisa kwaye isasaze iingxelo zeveki nganye, kunye neziphumo eziphezulu zentsholongwane kunye nokufunyaniswa kokuqala kwezilumkiso ze-peach-potato aphid ngokwemimandla, njengoko ibisenza ngo-2021. Nabani na ongabhalisanga kwizilumkiso angenza njalo ngewebhusayithi yeFera.
I-aphid yepetshi-potato isebenza njenge- vector ukuthuthwa kweentsholongwane zezityalo ezifana neetapile intsholongwane I-Y (PVY) kunye nentsholongwane ye-potato leafroll enokudluliselwa kwizityalo zetapile. Ukosuleleka yi-PVY kwizityalo zetapile kubangela iimpawu ezahlukeneyo ngokuxhomekeke kuhlobo lwentsholongwane. Ezona mpawu zincinci zezi kukulahlekelwa yimveliso, kodwa eyona inobungozi 'yi-potato tuber necrotic ringspot disease' (PTNRD). Ngokufanayo, i-PLRV inokuba noxanduva lokulahlekelwa yimveliso yesityalo ngasinye ngaphezulu kwe-50%.
Le nkonzo yokuqala, eyaqala ngo-2004, yaxhaswa ngemali yebhodi yerhafu ye-AHDB. Ukusukela oko kwathathwa isigqibo sokuphelisa le rhafu, emva kwevoti yabalimi ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, iFera ibisebenza ne-AHDB ukulungelelanisa utshintsho olungenazingxaki kwixesha elizayo.
Idatha evela kuyo yonke iminyaka edlulileyo iya kufumaneka ukuze ithelekiswe xa isivumelwano sokudluliselana ne-AHDB sisayiniwe. Iza kuqhubeka nokusebenzisa iwebhusayithi efanayo, itshintshiwe kodwa ivuma i-AHDB ngotyalo-mali ekuyisekeni nasekuyiphuculeni kwiminyaka edlulileyo. Le nkonzo intsha iza kuqaliswa eBritish Potato ngomhla wama-24 nowama-25 kweyeNkanga ngo-2021.
Ixabiso lenkonzo liza kuba yi-£500 (ngaphandle kwe-VAT) kwindawo yokuloba ngexesha lonyaka, ihlawulwe kwangaphambili ngaphambi kokuba kungeniswe isampulu yokuqala.