ʻOiai ka holomua o ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka meaʻai, pau ka hapalua o nā meaʻai meaʻai o ka honua ma muli o ka pala i hana ʻia e nā microorganism. Ua ʻike ʻia nā mea kanu e hoʻokuʻu i nā ʻano mea like ʻole i loko o ke kaiapuni, hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia no ka ʻike mua ʻana i nā maʻi a me ka pale ʻana i ka nalowale o nā hua. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia kahi noiʻi hou e ka Hebrew University of Jerusalem a me ka Israel Agricultural Research Organization (Vulcani Institute) i kahi sensor biological no ka ʻike mua ʻana i nā maʻi latent i loko o nā ʻuala ʻuala, kekahi o nā mea mahiʻai nui o ka ʻIseraʻela, me ka hana makahiki a hiki i 700000. tona, hoike STMEGI.
Hoʻokomo ka poʻe mahiʻai ʻo ʻIseraʻela i ka ʻuala mai ʻEulopa no ke kanu ʻana, a ua hele mai kekahi hapa o kēia mau ʻuala i lawe ʻia mai i nā maʻi e hoʻopōʻino a hōʻemi loa i ka maikaʻi. Ua hoʻomohala nā mea noiʻi ma ke Kulanui Hebera a me ka Vulcani Institute i kahi sensor e ʻike i nā maʻi ʻuala a hiki ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i ko lākou laha.
ʻO ka hoʻomohala ʻana, e paʻi ʻia ma ka pukana e hiki mai ana o ka puke moʻolelo kemika ʻepekema ʻo Talanta, ua lawe ʻia e Kauka Doreen Harpaz a me kāna haumāna PhD ʻo Boris Veltman ma ke Kumu o ka Mahiai, Meaʻai a me ke Kaiapuni ma ke Kulanui Hebera ma lalo o ke alakaʻi a Dr. . Evgeny Yeltsov mai ka Vulcani Institute. Ua hui pū nā mea noiʻi me Dr. Sarit Melamed a me Dr. Tzipora Titel (Vulcani Institute) a me Kauka Leah Tsror (Gilat Research Center).
Hoʻokumu ʻia ka sensor ma kahi hui o ka bioengineering akamai a me ka optics. Ke kokoke ia i kahi ʻuala ʻuala i maʻi ʻia, hoʻomaka ka mea bacteria i loko e hoʻokuʻu i kahi ʻālohilohi, ʻo ka ikaika o ia mea e hilinaʻi ana i ka ʻike a me ka hoʻohui ʻana o nā kemika putrefactive i ka lewa. Wahi a Dr. Yeltsov, "ʻO ka ikaika o ka mālamalama i hoʻokuʻuʻia e ka paneli bacteria e hiki ai iāʻoe ke nānā wikiwiki i ka maʻi ma mua o kaʻikeʻana o nā hōʻailona iʻikeʻia." ʻAe kēia iā ʻoe e hoʻokaʻawale i nā ʻuala maʻi i ka wikiwiki, e pale ana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana a i ʻole ka laha ʻana o ka pala i nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe.
I ka wā o ke aʻo ʻana, ua ʻike ka mea ʻike i ka maʻi i loko o nā ʻōpala i hōʻike ʻole ʻia i nā hōʻailona ʻike ʻia o ka maʻi, a ma ke alo o nā tubers maʻi i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka ʻāʻī ʻelua ʻoi aku ka ikaika ma mua o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka ʻuala olakino.
ʻO ka ʻike mua ʻana i nā maʻi e hāʻawi i kahi pōmaikaʻi nui i nā mea kanu meaʻai. ʻO Kauka Doreen Harpaz: "Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka sensor biological no ka ʻike wikiwiki ʻana i ka pala i loko o ka ʻuala, hoʻomaikaʻi i ka mālama ʻana i nā mea kanu a hoʻemi i ka pau ʻana o ka meaʻai, ʻo ia ka mea nui i ka pilikia o ka meaʻai honua."