Public Helps Track Sudden Oak Death

– Associated Press

E ngotsoe: 10 / 4 / 2010

Bo-rasaense ba Univesithi ea California, Berkeley ba kopa thuso ea sechaba ho latela lefu le bolaeang lifate tsa oak.

Lilemong tse peli tse fetileng, bo-rasaense ba ntse ba tšepela ho baahi hore ba bokelle lisampole tsa lifate ebe ba li romela ho Forest Pathology and Mycology Laboratory ea univesithi. Ba sebelisitse tlhahisoleseling ho theha 'mapa o rerang ho ata ha lefu la tšohanyetso la oak.

Pathogen e makatsang e ile ea fumanoa ka lekhetlo la pele Mill Valley ka 1995 'me esale e bolaea lifate tse mashome a likete karolong e ka leboea ea California le boroa ho Oregon. Bo-rasaense ba hakanya hore lefu lena, le fetisoang ke limela le metsi ao li a amohelang, le ka bolaea hoo e ka bang karolo ea 90 lekholong ea lifate tsa eike le li-oak tse ntšo tsa California nakong ea lilemo tse 25.

Morero oa 'mapa, o tšehelitsoeng ka lichelete ke US Forest Service, ke boiteko ba pele ba sechaba ho loants'a lefu la tšohanyetso la oak. E bile le barupeluoa ba ka bang 240 ba bokelletseng lisampole tse fetang 1,000 XNUMX selemong se fetileng, ho boletse Matteo Garbelotto, setsebi sa mafu sa meru sa UC Berkeley le setsebi sa naha sa lefu la tšohanyetso la oak.

"Ena ke karolo ea tharollo," Garbelotto o boleletse San Francisco Chronicle. "Haeba re ruta le ho kenyelletsa beng ba thepa ka bomong, re ka etsa phapang e kholo haholo."

Hang ha sebaka se senyehileng se tsejoa, beng ba matlo ba ka tlosa lifate tse amohelang baeti, e leng se ka eketsang lebelo la ho phela ha eike ka makhetlo a ka bang leshome. Banni le bone ba rotloediwa gore ba seka ba dira ditiro tse dikgolo tse di ka kgoreletsang mmu le ditlhare ka paka ya dipula ka di ka thusa go anamisa bolwetse.

"Sechaba se seng le se seng se ithutang hore se shoele ka tšohanyetso libakeng tsa habo sona se lokela ho re, 'Hey, ho molemo ho etsa ho hong,' hobane ha u hlokomela hore lifate lia shoa, e se e le morao haholo," ho boletse Garbelotto.

Tobetsa mona bakeng sa sengoloa se felletseng mabapi le boiteko ba Berkeley ba ho latela Lefu la Sudden Oak.