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I-pink rot, ebangelwa ukhunta i-Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, isifo esibhubhisayo esihlasela izitshalo eziningi, kuhlanganise nobhontshisi, ulethisi, nobhontshisi wesoya. Lesi sifo singabangela umonakalo omkhulu ezitshalweni, okuholela ekulahlekeni kwesivuno esikhulu kanye nokuncipha kwekhwalithi yomkhiqizo.
I-S. sclerotiorum iyi-necrotrophic pathogen ehlasela izitshalo ngokukhipha ama-enzyme adiliza izindonga zamangqamuzana, okuholela ekukhiqizeni izilonda ezithambile, ezicwiliswe ngamanzi. Njengoba lesi sifo siqhubeka, izilonda ziba nsundu futhi zimbozwe isikhunta esibomvana, okwenza lesi sifo sibe negama laso.
Ukukhula kokubola okubomvana kungathonywa yizici ezihlukahlukene zemvelo, okuhlanganisa izinga lokushisa, umswakama, nokucindezeleka kwezitshalo. Ukwengeza, ukhunta lukhiqiza i-sclerotia, okuyizakhiwo eziqinile, ezimnyama ezingaphila emhlabathini iminyaka eminingana, okwenza amasu okushintshanisa izitshalo angasebenzi kahle.
Ukuze kubhekwane nenkinga yokubola okubomvana, kuye kwasungulwa amasu amaningana okuphatha. Lokhu kuhlanganisa ukusetshenziswa kwezibulala-sikhunta, imikhuba yamasiko, nama-ejenti okulawula izinto eziphilayo. Ama-fungicides angasebenza ngempumelelo ekulawuleni lesi sifo, kodwa ukusetshenziswa kwawo kungase kubize futhi kungase kuholele ekwakhekeni kwezinhlobo zesikhunta ezimelana nazo. Imikhuba yamasiko, njengokujikeleziswa kwezitshalo kanye nokukhucululwa kwendle, nakho kungasiza ekwehliseni umthelela wesifo. Ama-agent alawula izinto eziphilayo, njenge-Trichoderma spp. kanye ne-Bacillus spp., babonise isithembiso ekulawuleni ukubola okubomvana, kodwa ucwaningo olwengeziwe luyadingeka ukuze kuqondwe ngokugcwele ukusebenza kwabo ngempumelelo.
Ukuthuthukiswa kwamathuluzi amasha ofuzo namangqamuzana nakho kunikeza amathuba amasha okubhekana nenkinga yokubola kwepinki. Isibonelo, ukuhlonzwa kwezakhi zofuzo ezihlobene nokumelana nalesi sifo kungavumela ukuthuthukiswa kwezinhlobo zezitshalo ezingazweli. Ukwengeza, ukusetshenziswa kobuchwepheshe be-RNA interference (RNAi) ukuthulisa izakhi zofuzo kusikhunta kunganikeza indlela entsha yokulawula ukubola okupinki.
Ukubola okubangelwa i-Sclerotinia sclerotiorum kuyinkinga enkulu ezitshalweni eziningi. Kodwa-ke, ngokusebenzisa inhlanganisela yamasu okuphatha kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwamathuluzi amasha ofuzo nama-molecular, kungenzeka ukunciphisa umthelela wesifo futhi kuthuthukiswe isivuno sezitshalo.