Cov kws tshawb fawb ntawm University of California, Davis, yuav siv cov genomics ntawm lettuce los tawm tsam cov kab mob uas ua rau poob hauv $ 3 nphom kev lag luam txhua xyoo.
Lub Foundation of Food and Agriculture Research, los yog FFAR, muab khoom plig Richard Michelmore, tus xibfwb thiab tus thawj coj ntawm UC Davis Genome Center, thawj qhov kev tshawb fawb nyiaj txiag los ntawm Cov qoob loo ntawm Kev Sib Koom Tes Yav Tom Ntej.
UC Davis yuav tau txais $ 2.5 lab los ntawm FFAR thiab sib piv cov nyiaj los ntawm Cov Neeg Siv Khoom Yav Tom Ntej Leafy Greens koom nrog rau tag nrho $ 5 lab.
Qhov khoom plig yuav tso cai rau cov kws tshawb fawb los siv cov txheej txheem genomics los tawm tsam cov kab mob me me, uas yog cov kab mob tseem ceeb tshaj plaws hauv kev kis kab mob lettuce. Cov kab mob sib txawv heev tuaj yeem ua rau poob hauv teb thiab tom qab sau qoob.
"Downy mildew hem kev tsim tawm txhua qhov chaw cog qoob loo, yuav tsum tau siv tshuaj tiv thaiv kim thiab ua rau cov neeg siv khoom tsis zoo," said Michelmore.
Qhov project yuav pab kom muaj kev xaav ntawm cov noob tiv thaiv tshiab uas ua rau muaj kev tiv thaiv kab mob ntau dua thiab siv cov tshuaj tswj tsawg dua. Kev tshawb fawb yuav tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo rau ob qho tib si cov neeg ua liaj ua teb thiab cov organic los ntawm kev txo cov qoob loo poob thiab txhim kho cov txiaj ntsig zoo. Nws kuj tseem yuav pab txo cov khoom pov tseg thiab muab cov neeg siv khoom noj khoom haus uas tau tsim los siv cov tshuaj tsawg dua.
"FFAR kev nqis peev yuav ua rau peb cov kev paub txog cov nroj tsuag tsis kam thiab cov kab mob sib txawv ua rau muaj txiaj ntsig zoo, kev paub txog kev yug me nyuam ntawm lettuce cultivars nrog ntau ruaj tsis kam mus rau downy mildew," said Michelmore.
Cov nyiaj sib txuam yog muab los ntawm ntau lub koom haum thoob ntiaj teb ntawm 14 lub tuam txhab loj thiab me me thiab cov tuam txhab biotechnology txhawm rau daws cov teeb meem tseem ceeb hauv kev tsim cov lettuce.
Sally Rockey, tus thawj coj ntawm FFAR tau hais tias "Qhov khoom plig no yog ib qho piv txwv ntawm yuav ua li cas kev koom tes ntawm pej xeem thiab ntiag tug tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm kev siv nyiaj rau kev tshawb fawb uas yuav muab txiaj ntsig rau cov neeg ua liaj ua teb, cov neeg tsim khoom, thiab cov neeg siv khoom," said Sally Rockey, tus thawj coj ntawm FFAR. "Qhov kev sib koom ua ke no muab cov tuam txhab me me rau lub sijhawm tshwj xeeb los muab lawv cov peev txheej R&D nrog ntau lub tebchaws loj los daws cov teeb meem sib tw ua ntej tseem ceeb rau kev lag luam lettuce."
Cov qoob loo yav tom ntej Leafy Greens koom nrog: BASF Zaub Noob, Bejo Zaden BV, Benson Hill Biosytems, Inc., Enza Zaden Kev Tshawb Fawb thiab Kev Txhim Kho, BV, Gautier Semences, Keygene, NV, Progeny Advanced Genetics Inc., Ramiro Arnedo SA, Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel BV, Sakata Seed Corporation, Syngenta Crop Protection AG, Takii and Company Ltd., Tanimura & Antle Value Added LLC., thiab Vilmorin SA