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Ngokombiko we-Growing Produce, izinhlobo ezintsha ze-lettuce zibizwa ngokuthi i-Salinas 88 kanye ne-Salinas 98. Lezi zinhlobonhlobo zakhiwe ithimba lososayensi base-University of California, e-Davis, ngokubambisana nabanye abacwaningi. Umbiko uthi lezi zinhlobo ezintsha sezihloliwe futhi kwatholakala ukuthi azikwazi ukumelana ne-INSV, igciwane elingabangela ukuphuzi, i-necrosis, kanye nokukhula okuqinile kwezilimo ze-lettuce.
Umbiko uqhube wathi ukuthuthukiswa kwalezi zinhlobo ezintsha ze-lettuce kuyimpumelelo enkulu embonini yezolimo. I-INSV iyingozi enkulu ezitshalweni zikalethisi, futhi abalimi bebelokhu bedonsa kanzima ukulawula ukusabalala kwayo. Izinhlobo ezintsha zizohlinzeka ngesisombululo esimeme kakhudlwana, ukunciphisa isidingo sezindlela zokulawula amakhemikhali ezingaba yingozi emvelweni nempilo yabantu.
Ukuthuthukiswa kwalezi zinhlobo ezintsha zikalethisi kuyimpumelelo ebalulekile embonini yezolimo. I-Salinas 88 kanye ne-Salinas 98 babonise isithembiso ekubekezeleni i-INSV, engasiza abalimi bagweme ukulahlekelwa okukhulu ezitshalweni zabo zikalethisi. Ngokuthuthukiswa kwezinhlobonhlobo ezimelana kakhulu, singasebenzela ikusasa lezolimo elisimeme nelinempilo.