O le pa'u o le kolone lagomeli o se fa'afitauli taua mo Kanata, ma le lalolagi atoa. O fa'ato'aga taua e aofia ai canola, blueberry, cranberry, almond, pear, apples ma isi mea, e fa'alagolago i le iniseti sogasoga mo le fa'aliga. O le mea e leaga ai, o le mite Varroa destructor e fafaga pi i taimi matutua ma talavou, faʻavaivaia ma faʻasalalau faʻamaʻi pipisi e mafua ai le paʻu o kolone.

O tau e sui ai le kolone, o le itiiti ifo o matou popolega, e tusa ma le $ 400 M i le tausaga i Kanata ma le US faʻatasi. O le tele e faatatau i tau, leiloa pollification ma pisinisi o le seleseleina o le meli, ma le taunuuga o le faaitiitia o fualaʻau fualaʻau aina, e oʻo atu i le gau i le piliona i tausaga taʻitasi. E togafitia e le au tausi lagomeli ia kolone e faasaga i varroa mites i tausaga taʻitasi pe a faʻatupulaʻia le maualuga o mite i le tautotogo ma le tautoulu ae ua sili atu ona faigata le puleaina o faʻamaʻi.

E na'o le lima e masani ona fa'aaogaina togafitiga. O se tasi o ia mea o loʻo faʻaalia ai faʻailoga o le teteʻe, ma e lua togafitiga e pala ma faigata ona faʻaoga. E mana'omia ni polokalame fa'atosina tu'ufa'atasia fa'ama'i fa'ama'i (IPM) e puipuia ai le amataga o le tete'e i mite ma fa'atumauina lelei le pulea lelei o mite, ma o nei mea e mana'omia ai le fa'aogaina o togafitiga eseese i le fesuia'iga. O se poloketi fa'atupeina a le Genome BC, Fa'ailoaina o nofoaga fa'atatau o se acaricide fou e fa'asaga i le fa'ama'i lagomeli, Varroa destructor ofo atu se tala, meafaigaluega mana'omia vave i le IPM.

"O se acaricide fou e faasaga i le varroa e le afaina ai pi ma e leai ni aʻafiaga leaga i vertebrates ua maua," o le tala lea a Dr. Erika Plettner, o le taʻitaʻi-taʻitaʻi o le poloketi ma le Polofesa o le Kemisi i le Iunivesite o Simon Fraser. "O le matou poloketi e faʻamoemoe e iloa le aoga o lenei faʻalapotopotoga fou lea matou te manaʻomia vave ona faʻamaonia ma faʻatino." Plettner o loʻo galulue faʻatasi ma Dr. Leonard Foster, taʻitaʻia o le poloketi ma se Polofesa i le Michael Smith Laboratories i UBC, e faʻaoga meafaigaluega proteomics e iloa ai le molecular target ma fuafua pe faʻapefea, o afea ma poʻo fea e mafai ona faʻaaogaina.

O le a'afiaga fa'amoemoeina o lenei su'esu'ega o le a avea ma se suiga i le pisinisi tau fafaga ma tala atu. O fa'amatalaga e uiga i le nofoaga fou o lo'o taula'i i ai i mites e taua tele mo le resitalaina i pulega fa'alesoifua maloloina, o le pa sili lea i le maketiina o le acaricide fou. O le malamalama i le nofoaga autu ma le faiga o fegalegaleaiga o le a fesoasoani i le 'au, ma tagata faʻauʻu e faʻaleleia atili le oloa, lona faʻatulagaina, ma le faʻatulagaina o le faʻaogaina i polokalame IPM.

"O le saogalemu o meaʻai o se popolega tele lea mo atunuu i le salafa o le lalolagi," o le tala lea a Federica Di Palma, Ofisa Sili Scientific ma Sui Peresetene, Vaega i Genome BC. “E tusa o le tasi vaetolu o fua o fa'ato'aga e fa'alagolago i le fa'aputuina o pi ma fa'atalanoaina le tete'e atu i mite o se la'asaga tele lea i luma i le puipuiga o kolone."

O le a fa'agasolo le poloketi se'ia o'o ia Setema 2023 ina ia mafai ona fa'aoga a'oa'oga i le isi taamilosaga o su'ega i fanua. O le poloketi na fa'atupeina e ala i le Pilot Innovation Fund (PIF) fou a Genome BC. Ole elemene autu ole fuafuaga fou a le Genome BC, ole PIF ose polokalame fa'atupe e fetaui ile fa'afanua o polokalame o lo'o ofoina mai e le malo(s) ma isi a'o fa'afetaui mana'oga ole 'omics ecosystem tatou te lagolagoina. O lo'o fa'amoemoe le PIF e fa'atupe se fa'aputuga eseese o galuega fa'afouga fa'atasi ma se fa'amoemoe mautinoa e manuia.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

Leonard Foster, project co-lead and a Professor in the Michael Smith Laboratories at UBC, to apply proteomics tools to identify the molecular target and determine how, when and where it can be applied.
A Genome BC funded project, Identification of the target sites of a new acaricide against the honey bee parasite, Varroa destructor offers a novel, urgently needed tool in IPM.
Understanding the target site and mechanism of interaction will help the team, and end-users to further improve the product, its formulation, and the schedule of application in IPM schemes.