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ʻO nā mea kanu mea kanu ʻo Greenhouse ma Ontario ke hana nei i ka hoʻoweliweli o COVID-19 a me Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV) i nā makahiki i hala. He mea hoʻoweliweli koʻikoʻi ʻo ToBRFV i nā mea kanu tōmato, e hoʻoulu ai i ka mosaic a me ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana o nā lau a me nā hua hiki ʻole ke kūʻai ʻia. Hiki ke ola ka maʻi ma luna o nā ʻili no ka manawa lōʻihi, e hoʻonui ana i ka manawa o ka maʻi a laha i loko o ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo. Ua ho'āʻo kahi papahana noiʻi ʻo Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers (OGVG) i ʻekolu mau ʻenehana anti-viral i hoʻomohala ʻia e PRODIGie - Innovation Evolved Inc. e hoʻomalu i ka laha ʻana o nā pathogens ʻelua. Aia kēia mau ʻenehana i ka Novel Composite Cold Spray Coatings, kahi ʻaila lima ʻole waiʻona, a me kahi lāʻau ozone.
Hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia ka Novel Composite Cold Spray Coatings i nā papa kiʻekiʻe a me ka manaʻo e pale i ka microbial adhesion, e hopena i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka pono he ʻumi i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā pae keleawe o kēia manawa, a hiki i ka 97% ka hoʻemi ʻana o ToBRFV ma luna. ʻO ka ʻaila lima ʻole waiʻona me nā waiwai antimicrobial ka manaʻo e hoʻopau i nā pathogens ma nā lima, e hāʻawi ana i ka pale lōʻihi a hōʻemi i ka laha holoʻokoʻa e nā lima o nā limahana. ʻO ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ozone, loaʻa nā oxidizers hiki ke pepehi i nā microorganism, hōʻike i kahi hōʻemi 98% i ToBRFV i loko o ʻekolu mau minuke o ka hoʻopili ʻana me ka ozone wai.
Hiki ke hoʻohana pū ʻia nā hāʻina ʻekolu a pau, e hāʻawi ana i kahi hoʻolālā pale ʻana i nā mea kanu i kūpono me ka ʻole e koi ʻia i nā kaʻina hana hoʻoponopono lōʻihi. ʻOiai aia ka hoihoi mua mai ka poʻe mahiʻai, pono nā hoʻāʻo ʻoi aku ka mea ulu e hōʻoia i ka hoihoi a hoʻoholo i nā hoʻolālā kālepa maikaʻi loa. Me ka pahuhopu nui o ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka ʻāpana i nā hoʻoweliweli pathogen, hiki i kēia mau ʻenehana anti-viral ke lilo i mea waiwai nui no nā mea kanu mea kanu ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma Ontario.
Ua hoʻolako ʻia ke kālā no kēia papahana noiʻi e ka Greenhouse Competitiveness and Innovation Initiative, kahi papahana hoʻokaʻawale kālā i kākoʻo ʻia e ke aupuni o Ontario a hāʻawi ʻia e ka ʻAha Kūʻai Kūʻai Kūʻai ma ka inoa o ke Kuhina Mahiai, Meaʻai a me Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) o Ontario.