–The Associated Press
An aika: 10 / 4 / 2010
Jami’ar California da ke birnin Berkeley masana kimiyya na neman taimakon jama’a wajen gano wata cuta da ke kashe bishiyar oak.
A cikin shekaru biyu da suka gabata, masana kimiyya sun kirga mazauna yankin don tattara samfuran bishiyu da tura su zuwa dakin gwaje-gwajen daji na jami'ar. Sun yi amfani da bayanan don ƙirƙirar taswira da ke tsara yaduwar mutuwar itacen oak kwatsam.
An fara gano cutar mai ban mamaki a Mill Valley a cikin 1995 kuma tun daga lokacin ta kashe dubunnan bishiyoyi a arewacin California da kudancin Oregon. Masana kimiyya sun yi kiyasin cewa cutar, da ake yadawa ta hanyar tsire-tsire da ruwa, za ta iya kashe kusan kashi 90 cikin 25 na itatuwan oak da baƙar fata na California a cikin shekaru XNUMX.
Aikin taswirar, wanda Hukumar Kula da Dajin Amurka ke tallafawa, shine ƙoƙarin farko na tushen al'umma don yaƙar mutuwar itacen oak kwatsam. Tana da mahalarta kusan 240 da suka tattara samfuran sama da 1,000 a bara, in ji Matteo Garbelotto, masanin ilimin gandun daji na UC Berkeley kuma kwararre kan mutuwar itacen oak kwatsam.
"Wannan wani bangare ne na mafita," in ji Garbelotto ga San Francisco Chronicle. "Idan muka ilmantar da kuma shigar da masu mallakar dukiya, za mu iya yin babban bambanci."
Da zarar an gano wurin da aka yi fama da shi, masu gida za su iya cire bishiyoyin da aka yi garkuwa da su, wanda zai iya ƙara yawan rayuwar itacen oak kusan ninki goma. An kuma yi kira ga mazauna garin da kada su yi manyan ayyuka da za su dagula kasa da itatuwa a lokacin damina domin hakan na iya taimakawa wajen yada cutar.
"Kowace al'ummar da ta sami labarin mutuwar itacen oak kwatsam a cikin unguwannin su, ya kamata su ce, 'Kai gara in yi wani abu,' saboda a lokacin da kuka lura bishiyoyin suna mutuwa, tuni ya makara," in ji Garbelotto.
Danna nan don cikakken labarin akan ƙoƙarin Berkeley don bin diddigin Mutuwar itacen Oak.