Tsire-tsire da ke iya tsira daga matsanancin yanayin fari sun kasance abin sha'awa ga masu bincike shekaru da yawa. Wani bincike na baya-bayan nan da aka buga a cikin mujallar Nature Communications ya gano wani “jinin mu’ujiza” da ke cikin tsarin tashin matattu a cikin wani nau’in tsiro. Wannan kwayar halitta zata iya rike mabuɗin fahimtar yadda tsire-tsire ke rayuwa a yanayin fari kuma zai iya yin tasiri don inganta juriyar fari a cikin amfanin gona.
Bisa ga binciken, kwayar halittar da ake magana a kai ana kiranta da Dehydration-Responsive Element Binding 1 (DREB1). Ita ce ke da alhakin kunna wasu nau'ikan kwayoyin halittar da ke taimaka wa tsirrai su tsira daga fari. Masu bincike sun gano cewa wannan kwayar halitta tana aiki musamman a cikin wani nau'in shuka da ake kira Boea hygrometrica, wanda aka sani da ikon "tayar" bayan ya bushe gaba daya.
Masu binciken sun sami damar ware kwayar halittar DREB1 tare da gabatar da ita cikin wasu nau'ikan tsirrai, gami da taba da alkama. Sun gano cewa tsire-tsire da ke da kwayar halittar DREB1 sun sami damar tsira da yanayin fari fiye da waɗanda ba tare da shi ba.
Wannan binciken zai iya yin tasiri sosai ga masana'antar noma, musamman a yankunan da ke fama da fari. Ta hanyar ganowa da shigar da kwayar halittar DREB1 cikin amfanin gona, manoma za su iya noman amfanin gona da suka fi jure yanayin fari, wanda zai haifar da yawan amfanin gona da kuma samar da isasshen abinci.
A ƙarshe, gano kwayar halittar DREB1 da kuma rawar da take takawa wajen tsira daga yanayin fari shine babban ci gaba a binciken shuka. Abubuwan da ke haifar da masana'antar noma na da mahimmanci, kuma hakan na iya haifar da haɓakar amfanin gona da ke jure yanayin fari, wanda a ƙarshe zai haifar da ƙarin wadatar abinci.