Izinhlobonhlobo zamatamatisi weSyngenta's Sweetelle zingatholakala ezindaweni eziningi zokugcina izithombo. U-Arthur van Marrewijk, uchwepheshe wokuthuthukiswa komkhiqizo wezobuchwepheshe enkampanini yokuzalanisa, ubheka emuva enkathini edlule ye-Sweetelle egcwele, phakathi kokunye, izinselelo zegciwane namandla futhi unezindaba: I-Sweetelle eshintshiwe izokwethulwa emakethe ngo-2022. Izinhlobonhlobo zizoba itholakalela ukulingwa futhi uma konke kuhamba kahle, yonke imikhiqizo ingadluliswa ngo-2023.
I-ToBRFV
I-Syngenta ikwazile ukugcina isabelo sayo semakethe no-Sweetelle ezikhathini ezineziyaluyalu, kusho u-Arthur. “Izinhlobonhlobo zibalulekile eBenelux ngokwezinga le-acreage. Eminyakeni yamuva nje, i-Sweetelle ifakazele ngokungaguquki ukuthi iyinhlobonhlobo ethembeke kakhulu, ngisho nakumongo we-ToBRFV. Khonamanjalo, ukukhula kokukhiqizwa kwemikhiqizo eNyakatho ne-Afrika kuba yimbangi enkulu, ikakhulukazi ezinyangeni zasebusika.”
Emakethe, i-Syngenta izwa ukuthi izitshalo zika-Sweetelle zihlushwa i-Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV), kodwa ukuthi izithelo zihlala zingathinteki. "Lokhu kuvumela isivuno ukuthi siqedwe ngaphandle komonakalo omkhulu wokukhiqiza, ekugcineni kubangele umkhiqizo onokwethenjelwa kakhulu wesitolo esikhulu."
Isidingo se-Sweetelle emakethe yokuthengisa siphezulu. Ukwethembeka kwezinhlobonhlobo kuyabonakala futhi kuyathakazelelwa, okwaneliseka u-Arthur: “I-Sweetelle iyashwaqa futhi iyamnandi. Kuwukudla okulula okunempilo osekuyindinganiso kubathengi abaningi. Izitolo ezinkulu ziyayithanda iSweetelle ngokuphila kwayo okude ngendlela emangalisayo.”
Izinhlobonhlobo ezintsha
Noma kunjalo, isiphetho siseduze ku-Sweetelle, futhi lokhu kungenxa ye-ToBRFV ngokuphelele. U-Arthur uveza ukuthi: “Yini okuhle nokubalulekile ukwazi kubalimi, abahwebi, nezitolo ezinkulu: ngo-2022, kuzoba nezinhlobonhlobo ze-Sweetelle ezilungisiwe ezinokumelana ne-ToBRFV. Ngenxa yobuchwepheshe obusetshenzisiwe, silindele ukuthi lezi zinhlobonhlobo zithembeke futhi zibe nezici eziqinile ezifana ne-Sweetelle. Izinhlobonhlobo zizotholakala ukuze kuhlolwe futhi uma konke kuhamba kahle, yonke imikhiqizo ingadluliswa ngo-2023. Izinhlobonhlobo zizoqhubeka ngaphansi kwegama elisha ngenxa yezizathu zokubhalisa."
Izinhlobo eziningi ezinokumelana
Kusukela ngo-2022 kuye phambili, i-Syngenta izokwethula izinhlobo ezimelana kakhulu kuzo zonke izingxenye. Inhloso iwukuba lonke uhla luguqulwe lube izinhlobo ezimelana ne-ToBRFV eminyakeni embalwa edlule. Inkampani isebenzisa ukuguqulwa kwezinhlobo zamanje nezizayo, phakathi kokunye, ukuze iqhamuke nezixazululo zabalimi kanye nemboni ngokushesha okukhulu. "Ngokwenyusa le nqubo, sizoqinisekisa ukuthi impilo entsha iphefumulelwa ezinhlobonhlobo esezivele zifakazelwe, kodwa kulokhu ngokumelana okulindelwe yiwo wonke umuntu!"
U-Arthur: “Inkinga ye-ToBRFV isongela ukudala izinguquko ezinkulu emakethe. Kithina, kubangela izinguquko ezinkulu kubhajethi namandla. I-ToBRFV ihamba phambili futhi yonke into iyenziwa ukuze kuzinziswe ukumelana nazo zonke izinhlobo. Lokhu kungasho ukuthi ngisho nezinkinga kwezinye izilimo kufanele kubhekwane nazo ngendlela ehlukile noma kulinde.”
Vele, iSyngenta nayo iyaqhubeka nokubheka ngale. “Akumele sikhohlwe izinto ezizokwenzeka esikhathini esizayo. Ama-flavour amasha, umumo, ukufana okwengeziwe, izitshalo ezikwazi ukuqina, nokunye. Sizoqhubeka nokusebenza ngekusasa!”