Bo-rasaense ba Univesithing ea Freiburg (Switzerland) ba ile ba etsa qeto ea ho leka mokhoa o mocha oa ho loantša wireworm e senyang lijalo tsa litapole. Li-larvae tsa beetle li ja masoba ka har'a li-tubers, li fokotsa haholo chai.
Tekong ea bona, bo-rasaense ba ile ba sebelisa fungus ea entomopathogenic Metarhizium brunneum, e tšoaetsang likokoanyana. E phela mobung 'me e baka mafu a likokoanyana tse fapa-fapaneng, e li senya. Ho na le mefuta e ka bang 200 ea likokoanyana tse ka angoang ke fungus ena, ho kenyelletsa: Colorado potato beetle, termites le tse ling. Bo-rasaense ba fumane hore li-fungus spores li ka lula li le teng ho fihlela likhoeli tse robeli.
Bangoli ba thuto ba fana ka maikutlo a hore bakeng sa ts'ebeliso e tšepahalang ea liphetho tsa lipatlisiso ts'ebetsong, ntlafatso e eketsehileng ea leano la bio ea ts'ireletso ea limela e hlokahala. Ka bomalimabe, ho fihlela joale phello e lakatsehang e fihletsoe feela masimong a mabeli a liteko ho a leshome: ke moo feela ho neng ho ka khoneha ho fokotsa tšenyo ea litapole haholo.