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Ho arabela tlhokahalo e ntseng e eketseha ea lihlahisoa tsa manyolo, haholo-holo litapole, Lefapha la Temo la United States (USDA) le fane ka lidolara tse limilione tse peli ho bafuputsi Univesithing ea Oregon State. Sepheo sa chelete ena ke ho fumana mekhoa e tsoetseng pele ea ho thibela ho mela ha litapole nakong ea polokelo, e leng taba ea bohlokoa lefapheng la manyolo, moo mekhoa ea khale ea phekolo ea lik'hemik'hale e thibelang ho mela.
Valtcho Jeliazkov, motlatsi oa moprofesa Lefapheng la OSU la Lijalo le Saense ea Mobu, o hatisa ho potlaka ha lipatlisiso tsena, ho latela kholo e tsotehang ea indasteri ea manyolo temong ea Amerika. Thibelo ea lik'hemik'hale tsa maiketsetso lihlahisoa tse netefalitsoeng tsa organic e baka phephetso e ikhethang indastering ea litapole tsa tlhaho. Ho tloha ka 2022, thekiso ea lijo tsa tlhaho tsa Amerika e ile ea feta lidolara tse limilione tse likete tse 60 ka lekhetlo la pele, ha Oregon, Washington le Idaho li kenya letsoho ho feta 60% ho litapole kaofela. Tlhahiso naheng ea Amerika, ho etsa hore temo ea litapole tsa Pacific Northwest e be indasteri ea USD2.2 billion.
Jeliazkov o totobatsa litlamorao tsa lichelete tsa ho mela ka litapole tsa manyolo, tse amang litšoaneleho tse kang ponahalo, tatso le sebopeho. Kalafo ea khale ea lik'hemik'hale, haholo-holo chlorpropham (CIPC), e bile eona tharollo, empa matšoenyeho a bona a tikoloho le bophelo bo botle a lebisitse ho thibelo ea morao tjena European Union. Boemo bona bo ile ba etsa hore ho fetohele mekhoa e meng ea tlhaho polokelong ea lintho tse phelang, leha ba haelloa ke ts'ebetso ea CIPC, e bakang litšenyehelo tse phahameng ka lebaka la ts'ebeliso ea khafetsa.
Sehlopha sa lipatlisiso sa OSU, se etelletsoeng pele ke Jeliazkov le Kyriakos Stylianou, motlatsi oa moprofesa oa k'hemistri, se ikemiselitse ho fetola mekhoa e khahlanong le ho mela. Ba ntse ba hlahloba tšebeliso ea oli ea bohlokoa ea semela, ba ithuta mefuta e ka bang 200 e fapaneng bakeng sa litlamorao tsa bona tsa ho thibela. Sehlopha se ntse se etsa li-polymers tse bōpehileng joaloka lifaha tse sekoti ho lokolla oli tsena butle-butle, ho ntlafatsa bophelo ba tsona bo bolelele ho thibela ho mela. Boholo ba lifaha tsena bo tla ntlafatsoa, 'me liteko li tla kenyelletsa ho fafatsa litapole ho lekola phello ea ho mela.
Ho netefatsa tšireletseho, liteko tsa chefo li tla etelloa pele ke Robyn Tanguay, moprofesa ea ikhethileng oa univesithi ea tikoloho le molek'hule toxicology, le motlatsi oa moprofesa Lisa Truong. Neal Stewart oa Univesithi ea Tennessee o tla hlahloba k'hemistri ea tuber ea litapole le ho leka-lekana ha lihormone kamora kalafo.
E tšehelitsoe ke Setsi sa Naha sa Lijo le Temo sa USDA ka Organic Agricultural Research and Extension Initiative, phuputso ena e tšoaea mohato oa bohlokoa oa tharollo e tšoarellang le e sebetsang bakeng sa polokelo ea litapole tsa manyolo.
Patlisiso e matla ea Univesithi ea Oregon State, e khothalelitsoeng ke lichelete tsa USDA, e bonts'a mohato oa bohlokoa oa ho rarolla mathata a ho boloka litapole tsa manyolo. Ha indasteri ea lintho tse phelang e ntse e tsoela pele ho atleha, ho ba bohlokoa ho fumana mekhoa e meng ea phekolo ea lik'hemik'hale tse tloaelehileng. Mokhoa o mocha oa ho sebelisa oli ea bohlokoa ea limela le li-polymers o bonts'a boitlamo ba ho tšoarella le ho sebetsa hantle ha ho tobane le mekhoa e tsoelang pele ea temo.