Bafuputsi ba Amerika ba tsoang Univesithing ea Cornell ba fumane mokhoa oa tlhaho oa ho loantša likokoanyana tse kotsi ka ho fetisisa tsa litapole - wireworm. American Agriculturist e ngola ka sena.
Joalokaha mongoli ea ka sehloohong oa thuto, Brian Reeves, a hlalositse, eena le basebetsi-'moho le eena ba ne ba batla mekhoa e meng e sa sebeliseng tikoloho ho e-na le lik'hemik'hale tsa agrochemical. Bo-rasaense ba fumane hore entomopathogenic nematodes e ka ba mokhoa o sebetsang oa ho laola li-wireworms.
Teko ena e entsoe hoetla ka 2021 lijalong tsa Hudson Valley. Bafuputsi ba lekile metsoako e fapaneng le likhakanyo tsa mefuta ea lehae ea mefuta e meraro ea nematode. Ho tsena, ho ile ha khethoa Heterorhabditis bacteriophora le Steinernema fediae. Motsoako oa bona o fokolitse tšenyo ea li-wireworm ho li-tubers ka liperesente tse robeli ha ho bapisoa le morero oa taolo o sa sebetsoeng. "Lintlha tsena tsa pele li bonts'a hore li-nematode tse khethiloeng tsa entomopathogenic li loketse ts'ireletso e kopaneng ea litapole mme li ka fokotsa palo ea lits'ebetso tse bolaeang likokoanyana tse hlokahalang ho laola wireworm ka ho lekaneng," ho boletse bo-ramahlale.