Igwe dị otú ahụ nwere ike ịbụ ihe ngwọta maka ibelata mgbasa ọrịa n'oge ịcha mkpụrụ tubers.
A na-agbasa nduku n'ụzọ ahịhịa, igbutu tubers mkpụrụ bụ ihe a na-emekarị nke ndị na-akụ mkpụrụ na-agbaso iji mee ka mkpụrụ na-enweta ihe ọkụkụ. Otú ọ dị, omume a na-ebute ihe ize ndụ nke nnyefe ígwè nke ọrịa nke ụfọdụ nje bacteria, fungal na viral pathogens kpatara. Dị ka ihe atụ, nje mgbanaka ire ere bụ ọrịa na-enweghị nguzogide, na mgbasa nke ọrịa nwere ike ime n'oge mfri tuber ọrụ.
Ndị na-emepụta ihe na-eji chlorine ma ọ bụ quaternary ammonium na-ekpochapụ ngwa ịkpụ mkpụrụ n'etiti ọtụtụ mkpụrụ. Ọ bụ ezie na omume a dị irè n'inwe mgbasa nke ọrịa n'etiti mkpụrụ nza, enwere ike ibute ọrịa mgbe niile mgbe a na-ebipụ tubers.
Tyler Thompson (onye bụbu onye njikwa Ugbo na San Louis Valley Research Center) na Ronald Price (Onye Nchọpụta Ugbo Nchọpụta na San Louis Valley Research Center) rụpụtara ọrụ iji mepụta igwe eji egbutu mkpụrụ osisi tuber nke ọkụ.
Echiche bụ isi nke ihe a mepụtara gụnyere ikpo ọkụ diski ịkpụ mkpụrụ (iji ngwakọta mmanụ nke acetylene na ikuku abịakọrọ) ruo ihe dịka 250 Celsius iji gbuo nje niile nke ọma, si otú ahụ na-egbochi mgbasa ọrịa. Edekwala akwụkwọ ikike ikike nke na-akọwa teknụzụ ọhụrụ a na CSUVentures.
Mmemme Pathology Plant, nke Dr. Chakradhar Mattupalli duziri na San Luis Valley Research Center, na-eme nyocha ugbu a iji gosipụta ịdị irè nke igwe a n'ibelata mgbasa nke ọrịa nje na nje nke nwere ike ime n'oge ọrụ ịkpụ mkpụrụ. Nsonaazụ mbido na-agba ume ma na-aga n'ihu ule mgbe owuwe ihe ubi gachara.