Kamar mutane, tsire-tsire dole ne su jimre da damuwa. An tsara tasirin tasirin ɗan adam sosai, amma kaɗan ba a san shi ba game da yadda damuwa-ciki har da babban salinity da rashin abinci mai gina jiki — ke shafar tsire-tsire irin su habaneros. Yanzu, masu bincike sun ba da rahoton a ACS Kimiyyar Noma & Fasaha cewa waɗannan yanayi suna canza matakan mahadi na halitta a cikin barkono. Sakamakon zai iya samun ramifications ga girma barkono da kuma ga shiryayye rayuwarsu bayan girbi.
Habaneros suna da daraja don ƙamshinsu da ɗanɗanon su, waɗanda ke haɗa ɗanɗano mai ɗanɗano da ɗanɗano mai hayaki tare da harbi mai zafi. Wannan zafi yana fitowa daga mahadi na capsaicinoid, amma kuma barkono yana dauke da bitamin, carotenoids, flavonoids, phenolic mahadi da sauran metabolites wadanda ke taimakawa wajen dandano 'ya'yan itacen, da magungunan antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory da antioxidant Properties. Barkono shine amfanin gona mai mahimmanci a Mexico, amma yanayin muhalli a yankin ba su da kyau, tare da ƙarancin nitrogen da phosphorus da yawan gishiri a cikin ƙasa.
A cikin binciken da aka yi a baya, Rocío I. Díaz de la Garza da abokan aiki sun tantance tasirin waɗannan matsalolin akan girma barkono da matakan kaɗan daga cikin metabolites. A cikin bincike na yanzu, de la Garza, Carlos Rodríguez-López da abokan aiki sun yi zurfi sosai, suna kimanta tasirin waɗannan yanayi akan dubban metabolites a cikin 'ya'yan itatuwa.
An shuka barkono a ƙarƙashin yanayi daban-daban guda biyar: sarrafawa, ƙarancin phosphorus, ƙarancin nitrogen, matsakaicin salinity da babban salinity. An girbe su a matakai uku na girma, kuma an tsabtace abubuwan da aka cire sannan aka yi nazari ta hanyar duban dan tayi. Masu binciken sun gano hakan mota canje-canje sun fi bayyana a cikin 'ya'yan itace cikakke. Karancin Nitrogen ya rage tattarawar wasu metabolites amma ya ɗaga wasu, yayin da ƙarancin phosphorus ya saukar da bambancin metabolite.
Marubutan sun ce wannan hasarar bambance-bambancen na iya sa barkonon da aka girbe su kasa juriya ga cututtuka da kwari. Gwaje-gwajen kuma sun gano bakin kofa na gishiri, wanda sama da haka metabolites suka fara canzawa saboda tsire-tsire ba za su iya magance illar gishiri da yawa ba.
Hankali cikin daidaitawar metabolism zai zama mafi mahimmanci kamar canjin yanayi yana ƙarfafa damuwa akan amfanin gona, masu binciken sun lura.