Kimanin hekta 8,885 na albasa, wanda ya samar da tan 357,000, an girbe a Burtaniya a shekarar 2019. A wannan shekarar, samar da busasshen kwan fitila ya kai fam miliyan 142 ga tattalin arzikin Burtaniya.
Iri-iri na iya yin daban-daban a cikin Burtaniya daga sauran sassan babban yankin Turai. AHDB ta tallafi iri-iri trial yana ba da kimanta aikin mai zaman kansa don sabbin nau'ikan albasa da aka yaɗa daga iri don biyan buƙatun masu noma watau yawan amfanin ƙasa na kasuwa, juriyar cuta, inganci mai kyau da yuwuwar ajiya.
Waɗannan buƙatun suna buƙatar daidaitawa kuma a kwatanta su sama da adadin shekaru saboda bambancin yanayi. Ƙananan bambance-bambance tsakanin nau'ikan iri na iya yin tasiri mai mahimmanci akan riba don haka sakamakon yana da babbar daraja ga masu noma. Tyana amfani da nau'ikan da suka dace kuma ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin ginshiƙan kyakkyawan IPM
Tun daga shekara ta 2000 an gwada sama da 333 da aka tono da saiti 50.
Cibiyar Dabarun Kayan Kayan lambu - Albasa
Lokacin 2020 ya ga gwajin nau'in albasa na shekarar da ta gabata ya ci gaba a wuraren gwajin mu a Norfolk da Essex akan nau'ikan ƙasa daban-daban. An samu tallafin AHDB Horticulture da kamfanonin iri bakwai, gwaje-gwajen sun mayar da hankali kan nau'ikan farko tare da shuka amfanin gona a ranar 11th Maris a Norfolk da 23 ga Maris a Essex kuma an girbe a ranar 26th Agusta da 3rd Satumba.
Zaɓin gwajin da masu noman zai jagoranta yana gudana ne ta hanyar tattaunawa tare da Ƙungiyar Masu Albasa ta Biritaniya (BOPA) waɗanda ke da ƙungiyar jagora musamman don jagorantar waɗannan gwaji. An tsara aikin don sadar da ayyuka masu amfani, masu amfani.
A wannan kakar 22 launin ruwan kasa da kuma ja 11 irin albasa da aka toka da su an tantance su a cikin babban gwaji tare da maimaita uku; kuma an tantance nau'ikan ja guda biyu da ruwan hoda iri-iri a gwaji na farko tare da maimaitawa biyu.
Ana tantance amfanin gonar albasa don:
- balaga
- Haihuwa (ta girman da nauyi)
- Rushewar ajiya - ruɓar tushe, ɓacin wuya
- Bacterial rot da penicillium da jimlar lahani ciki har da rots,
- Ingancin kwan fitila - launi/kariya
- Siffar kwan fitila
- Uniformity da ƙarfi
- Kafa shuka da kuzari
- Bayanan zoben Albasa (don sarrafawa)
- Ma'ajiya azaman % kwararan fitila masu fitowa daga kantin sayar da kayayyaki don ma'ajiyar yanayi da sanyi kuma a ranaku daban-daban.
Dr Dawn Teverson, Manajan Musanya Ilimi a AHDB, ya bayyana: "Shafukan gwaji na mu suna ba mu damar nuna bincike a aikace don ƙarfafa masana'antu don ɗaukar sababbin ra'ayoyi. Kuma hanya ce mai mahimmanci a gare mu don yin aiki tare da masu noma don gudanar da gwaje-gwajen zanga-zangar nuna mafita ga batutuwa da ƙalubalen da suka fi matsa musu.
“Cibiyoyin Dabarun suna haifar da cikakkiyar dama don koyo mai girma-zuwa-girma ta hanyar ba mu damar raba kai tsaye da kuma tattauna abubuwan da muka samu daga wannan lokacin tare da juna. Gwaje-gwajen nunin da abubuwan da suka faru suna kallon duk sarrafa amfanin gona, daga abubuwan gina jiki, amfani da ruwa, sarrafa kwaro kuma ana nufin taimakawa masana'antu don haɓaka haɓaka. "
Aikin da manoma ke jagoranta a shekarar 2020 kuma ya ƙunshi gwajin maganin ciyawa na albasa. An gudanar da gwaje-gwaje akan nau'ikan ƙasa daban-daban guda biyu don tantance hanyoyin magance ciyawa. Wannan yana da mahimmanci musamman ga noman albasa saboda akwai facin ƙasa maras tushe a kusa da amfanin gona wanda ke ƙarfafa ci gaban ciyawa.
An gabatar da sakamakon nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in da kuma gwajin maganin ciyawa ga masu noman albasa a ranakun 5 da 12 ga Nuwamba kuma rahoton gwajin zai kasance a kan gidan yanar gizon AHDB a farkon 2021.