Ua ʻike nā mea noiʻi ʻAmelika mai ke Kulanui ʻo Cornell i kahi ala kūlohelohe o ka hakakā ʻana i kekahi o nā pests ʻuala weliweli loa - wireworm. Ua kākau ʻo American Agriculturist e pili ana i kēia.
Ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi kumu o ka noiʻi, wehewehe ʻo Brian Reeves, e ʻimi ana ʻo ia a me kāna mau hoa hana i nā mea ʻokoʻa e pili ana i ka ʻāina i nā agrochemical. Ua ʻike ka poʻe ʻepekema ʻo nā nematodes entomopathogenic hiki ke lilo i ala maikaʻi e hoʻomalu ai i nā wireworms.
Ua hana ʻia ka hoʻokolohua ma ka hāʻule o 2021 ma nā mea kanu ma ke awāwa ʻo Hudson. Ua ho'āʻo ka poʻe noiʻi i nā hui like ʻole a me nā ʻano o nā ʻano ʻano nematode ʻekolu. ʻO kēia mau mea, ua koho ʻia ʻo Heterorhabditis bacteriophora a me Steinernema fediae. ʻO kā lākou hui pū ʻana i hōʻemi i ka pōʻino wireworm i nā ʻuala ma ka ʻewalu pākēneka i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me kahi papa hoʻomalu i mālama ʻole ʻia. "Ke hōʻike nei kēia mau ʻikepili mua e kūpono nā nematodes entomopathogenic i koho ʻia no ka pale ʻana i ka ʻuala a hiki ke hōʻemi i ka nui o nā noi pesticide e pono ai ke kāohi pono i ka wireworm," i ʻōlelo ai nā ʻepekema.