ʻO ka pilikia COVID-19 ua kau i nā pilikia kaulahao ma ka mua o ka hana ʻana i ka meaʻai a me nā hopohopo paʻa. Ua noiʻi nā mea noiʻi ma ke Kulanui o Georgia i kahi hopena kūpono no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke ola o nā blueberries ma o ka wehe ʻana i nā blueberries i ke kukui polū i ka wā e waiho ai.
Alakaʻi ʻia e ka moho kauka horticulture ʻo Yi-Wen Wang, ke aʻo ʻana, i paʻi ʻia ma ka puke pai ʻo Horticulturae, ua manaʻo ʻaʻohe hopena o ke kukui polū i ka maikaʻi o ka hua a i ʻole ka ulu ʻana o nā maʻi i nā blueberries pala i ko lākou mālama anuanu postharvest.
Ua mālama ʻia ke aʻo ʻana multidisciplinary e ka lālā kumu horticulture ʻo Savithri Nambeesan i ka hui pū ʻana me nā polopeka ʻo Marc van Iersel lāua ʻo Harald Scherm ma ke Kulanui o UGA o Agricultural and Environmental Science (CAES) a me Helaina Ludwig kōkua noiʻi CAES ma mua.
“He hua nui loa ka blueberries ma Georgia. Inā hiki iā mākou ke hoʻolōʻihi i ke ola o ka blueberries, a laila hiki iā mākou ke kōkua i ka poʻe mahiʻai a me nā mea kūʻai aku e loaʻa i nā blueberries hou a maikaʻi hoʻi, "wahi a Wang.
Ma hope o ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana, hoʻemi ʻia ka maikaʻi o ka hua antioxidant-waiwai ma o ka ʻūlū ʻana, ka haki ʻana a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā maʻi. Ua hōʻike ʻia ke kukui polū e hoʻonui i nā anthocyanins, he mau antioxidants, i loko o nā strawberries a me nā bayberries. Ua nānā pono ka noiʻi ʻana i nā ʻano o ka palupalu hua, hoʻopiʻi ʻike a me ka ʻike anthocyanin.
Ua hoʻāʻo ʻia nā blueberries ma hope o ka ʻohi ʻana ma lalo o ke kukui polū e ʻike ai inā pili ka mālamalama i ka maikaʻi o ka hua a i ʻole ka ulu ʻana o nā maʻi. Kiʻi: University of Georgia
He loea i ka noiʻi kukui LED ma ka 'Oihana Horticulture, ua hui pū ʻo van Iersel ma nā ʻano o ka hoʻonohonoho kukui LED a me ka hoʻolālā hoʻokolohua. Ua nānā ka haʻawina i ʻelua mau ʻano blueberries, ʻo kekahi i ʻohi lima ʻia a ʻo kekahi i ʻohi ʻia e ka mīkini, ma lalo o ke kukui polū i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i nā hui hoʻomalu ma lalo o ke kukui keʻokeʻo a me ka pōʻeleʻele mau. Ua ana nā kānaka noiʻi i ka maikaʻi o ka hua blueberry me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke ʻano, ke kaumaha, ka waihoʻoluʻu a me nā ʻano maikaʻi ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka poʻe noiʻi UGA ka mea mua e hoʻāʻo i ka hopena o ke kukui polū i ka maikaʻi o ka hua blueberry. Ua hōʻike ʻia nā haʻawina mua i ka kūleʻa i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke kukui uliuli e pale i ka ulu ʻana o nā pathogens ma ka citrus. ʻOiai ʻaʻole i loaʻa i ka noiʻi ka noi kukui polū ma ke ʻano he ala kūpono no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka maikaʻi a i ʻole ka hakakā ʻana i nā pathogens i loko o nā blueberries, ua kōkua nā hopena i ka noiʻi ʻana i ka blueberry no nā mea hana a me nā mea kūʻai aku o Georgia.
"He mea nui ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka ʻikepili ʻaʻole i hōʻike mau i nā hopena maikaʻi, ʻoiai ʻo ia ka ʻikepili iā ia iho. Inā like ka manaʻo ʻepekema ʻē aʻe a ke ʻimi nei i ka palapala, loaʻa iā lākou ka ʻike i ka mea i hana ʻole. I ka wā lōʻihi e mālama ia i nā kumuwaiwai a me ka manawa a e ʻae i ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā ʻano hana ma kēia wahi, no laila e neʻe i mua, "wahi a Nambeesan, ka mea noiʻi nui ma ka papahana a me ke kōkua ʻepekema noiʻi ma ka 'Oihana Horticulture.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Nambeesan e hoʻomau kāna hana i nā pilikia hou e kū nei i ka ʻoihana blueberry Georgia, e like me ka wikiwiki o ka emi ʻana o ka maikaʻi o nā hua ma hope o ka ʻohi ʻana.
No ka 'ike hou aku: hort.caes.uga.edu.