Kulanui o Florida Ua hoʻokuʻu nā mea noiʻi (UF) i kā lākou ʻike hou loa i nā mites i ʻike ʻia e hoʻouka i nā mea kanu hemp ma Florida.
No nā mea kanu e noʻonoʻo ana - a ʻo ka poʻe i hoʻomaka - e ulu ana i ka hemp ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o nā hoʻokolohua mahiʻai e pili ana me UF's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) Industrial Hemp Pilot Project, ʻo kēia hoʻokuʻu hou e kālele ana i nā haʻawina i aʻo ʻia a hāʻawi i ka ʻike kikoʻī e pili ana i ʻekolu hui nui o nā mites. . ʻO nā mites, hiki ke make i ka hemp i ulu ʻia ma nā māla Florida a me nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo, he hemp russet mites, broad mites, a me spider mites.
"Hiki i kēia mau pests ke hoʻouka i ka hemp ma ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka ulu ʻana, e hoʻoneʻe ai i nā mea kanu," wahi a Lance Osborne, he Kumu o Entomology ma ka UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center. “He wikiō hou e ʻimi ana i nā pūʻulu koʻikoʻi o nā mite, pehea e ʻike ai iā lākou, ka noiʻi hou loa i loaʻa i nā ʻano hoʻokele kemika a me ke olaola, a me nā mea hou aku.
Loaʻa nā kumuwaiwai he 30 mau minuke ma ka ʻO nā mites of Industrial Hemp ma Florida pūnaewele. Ua haʻi ʻo Osborne i ke wikiō, ʻoiai ʻo Juanita Popenoe, he UF/IFAS Extension agent specializing in commercial fruit production for Lake, Orange, and Marion county, a me Research Entomologist Cindy McKenzie o ka USDA's Agricultural Research Service i kākau pū i ka palapala hou.
"Hemp he mea kanu hou ia no Florida, ʻoiai he mau haneli mau makahiki ia," wahi a Osborne. "He liʻiliʻi ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pesticides i ʻae ʻia e ka mokuʻāina no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka hemp, a paʻakikī ka ʻike e pili ana i ka pono a i ʻole ka palekana o nā mea kanu, akā aia nā kumuwaiwai mai nā hui he nui a ke hoʻomau nei ka noiʻi."
Ma waena o nā ʻike koʻikoʻi no ka poʻe mea kanu, ʻo ia nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo e pili ana i ka pale ʻana i nā mite mai ke komo ʻana i nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo a pehea e ʻimi ai iā lākou ma nā māla - kahi hana mua a pono no nā mea kanu. Aia kekahi nānā nui i ka pōʻino hānai a me nā hōʻailona e nānā ai i nā mea kanu no kēlā me kēia mites me nā loulou i kahi pepa ʻoiaʻiʻo ma nā mites.
"ʻO ka Scouting ke kumu o kekahi papahana hoʻokele pest a he koʻikoʻi loa ia," wahi a Osborne. "Ke ho'āʻo nei ka hapa nui o nā mea kanu e ʻimi i nā mea kanu no nā mites ma kahi o hoʻokahi manawa i ka pule. ʻO ka UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center ma Apopka he papahana hoʻomaʻamaʻa makahiki e aʻo ai i nā mākau hou i ke kaʻina hana.