E like me kahi hiʻohiʻona mai kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni weliweli, hoʻopaneʻe nā enuhe huaʻai ʻōmato i kā lākou mea kanu meaʻai i ke kōkua ʻana i ko lākou ʻai ʻana i kā lākou lau. ʻO ia ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hui multidisciplinary o nā mea noiʻi, nāna i ʻōlelo e hiki i nā hopena ke hāʻawi i ka ʻike i ka hiki o nā mea kanu mea kanu-e like me ka ʻōmato a me ka soybean-e pale aku i nā pilikia ʻē aʻe e like me ke aniau.
"Ua ʻike mākou i kahi hoʻolālā hou kahi e hoʻohana ai ka ʻupena i ka kohu e pale ai i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o nā pale lāʻau ea ma o ka hoʻoponopono pololei ʻana i nā stomata mea kanu," wahi a Gary Felton, ke kaukaʻi a me ke poʻo o ka Department of Entomology ma Penn State, me ka ʻike ʻana he pores liʻiliʻi nā stomata. ma nā lau mea kanu e hoʻoponopono ana i ka hoʻololi kinoea, me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā mea kanu pale a me ka carbon dioxide, ma waena o ka mea kanu a me ke kaiapuni.
Ma ke ʻano kikoʻī, ua aʻo ka poʻe noiʻi i nā hopena o kahi enzyme-glucose oxidase (GOX) - i hana ʻia i loko o ka kohu o nā enuhe hua kanu tōmato (Helicoverpa zea) ma luna o nā mea kanu stomata a me nā mea kanu pale pale, i kapa ʻia ʻo herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPV).
"Ua manaʻo ʻia nā HIPV e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā mea kanu mai nā mea kanu ʻōpala ma o ka huki ʻana i nā ʻenemi kūlohelohe o kēlā mau herbivores a me ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā mea kanu kokoke i ke alo o nā herbivores kokoke," wahi a Felton. "No laila, hiki i ka pani ʻana o ka stomata ke hoʻololi i nā pilina ma waena o ke kaiāulu mea kanu āpau."
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