He lāʻau kaulana ʻo Sage (Salvia officinalis) i hoʻohana ʻia no nā kenekulia i ka kuke ʻana, ka lāʻau lapaʻau, a me ka mahiʻai. Ma kēia ʻatikala, e ʻimi mākou i nā pono o ka sage no ka mahiʻai a me kāna kuleana i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke olakino lepo, ka mālama ʻana i nā pest, a me nā hua hua.
Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Sage he nui nā pono no ka mahiʻai. ʻO kekahi o kāna mau pōmaikaʻi kaulana loa ʻo ia ka hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi i ke olakino lepo. Ua ʻike ʻia kahi haʻawina i paʻi ʻia ma ka Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry e hiki i ka sage extract ke hoʻonui i ka ulu ʻana o nā hua bacteria maikaʻi i loko o ka lepo, hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke ʻano o ka lepo a me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka meaʻai.
Loaʻa iā Sage nā waiwai mālama pest kūlohelohe, e lilo ia i mea pono no nā mahiʻai a me nā māla. Ua ʻike ʻia kahi haʻawina i paʻi ʻia ma ka Journal of Pest Science e hiki ke hoʻohana maikaʻi ka aila sage i ka hoʻomalu ʻana i nā hua a me nā larvae o nā ʻano pepeke like ʻole, me ka moth cabbage a me ka hornworm paka.
Ma waho aʻe o kona olakino lepo a me nā pōmaikaʻi hoʻomalu pest, ua hōʻike pū ʻia ka sage i ka hopena maikaʻi i ka hua hua. Ua ʻike ʻia kahi haʻawina i paʻi ʻia ma ka Journal of Applied Sciences hiki i ka sage extract ke hoʻonui i ka ulu a me ka hua o nā mea kanu tōmato.
I ka hopena, ʻo ka sage kahi lāʻau lapaʻau nui e hāʻawi ana i nā ʻano pono no ka mahiʻai. ʻO kona hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi i ke olakino o ka lepo, kaohi ʻana i nā pests, a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hua i lilo ia i mea waiwai nui no nā mahiʻai a me nā māla like.
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