ʻO Ocimum tenuiflorum, i kapa ʻia ʻo Holy Basil, he lāʻau ʻala me ka mōʻaukala waiwai o ka moʻomeheu a me ka ʻuhane. Eia naʻe, ʻoi aku kona mau pōmaikaʻi ma mua o kāna hōʻailona hoʻomana. Ma ke ʻano he lāʻau lapaʻau a me ka pesticide kūlohelohe, hiki i ka Basil Hemolele ke hoʻololi i ka mahiʻai hoʻomau.
Holy Basil, a i ʻole Tulsi e like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia, ua mahalo ʻia no nā kenekulia ma India a me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe o ʻAsia Hema no kāna mau lāʻau lapaʻau. Wahi a kahi noiʻi i paʻi ʻia ma ka Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, Holy Basil he antimicrobial, antiviral, a me nā mea anti-inflammatory, e hana ana ia i mea lapaʻau maikaʻi no nā ʻano pilikia olakino i nā kānaka a me nā holoholona. Akā ʻaʻole e pau kāna mau pono.
I kēia mau makahiki i hala iho nei, ua aʻo ʻia ʻo Holy Basil no kona hoʻohana ʻana ma ke ʻano he pesticide kūlohelohe. Ua ʻike ʻia kahi haʻawina i mālama ʻia e ka India Council of Agricultural Research e hiki i kahi ʻāpana o ka Basil Hemolele ke hoʻomalu i nā mea ʻeha e like me ka moth diamondback, kahi mea maʻamau e hoʻopilikia i nā lau cruciferous e like me ke kāpeti a me ka broccoli. Ua ʻike ʻia ka hopena e like me ka imidacloprid pesticide synthetic, akā me ka ʻole o nā hopena maikaʻi ʻole i nā iniseti maikaʻi e like me ka pi.
ʻO kekahi noiʻi ʻē aʻe i alakaʻi ʻia e ke Kulanui o Agricultural Sciences ma Bangalore, India, ua ʻike ʻia e hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka lāʻau Basil Hemolele ma ke ʻano he bio-herbicide e kāohi ai i nā mauʻu e like me ke ʻano invasive Parthenium hysterophorus. Ua ʻike ʻia ka hopena i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka ulu a me ka ulu ʻana o ka mauʻu.
ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka Basil Hemolele i ka mahiʻai hiki ke loaʻa i nā hopena koʻikoʻi no nā hana mahiʻai hoʻomau. Ma ke ʻano he ʻano kūlohelohe i nā pesticides synthetic a me nā herbicides, hiki i ka Basil Hemolele ke hōʻemi i ka hopena maikaʻi ʻole o nā hana mahiʻai i ke kaiapuni, e like me ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ka lepo a me ka haumia wai. Eia hou, hiki i ka mahi ʻana i ka Basil Hemolele ke hāʻawi i nā mea mahiʻai i kahi kumu kālā hou, no ka mea he lāʻau lapaʻau waiwai.
I ka hopena, loaʻa i ka Basil Hemolele nā ʻano pono like ʻole no ka mahiʻai, mai kona hoʻohana ʻana ma ke ʻano he pesticide kūlohelohe a hiki i kona hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi i nā hana mahiʻai hoʻomau. Ke hoʻomau nei ka noiʻi ʻana i ka hoʻohana nui ʻana o kēia lāʻau laʻa, e ʻike paha mākou i ka hoʻohana nui ʻana o ka Basil Hemolele i ka mahiʻai.
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