ʻOiai ʻo ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka nui o ka carbon dioxide e hoʻoikaika i ka ulu ʻana o ka mea kanu, hoʻemi pū ia i ko lākou waiwai waiwai, hiki ke loaʻa ka hopena nui i ka meaʻai a me ka palekana o ka meaʻai a puni ka honua. Ua ʻike ka poʻe noiʻi o ke Kulanui o Michigan State i kahi ala hou no nā mea kanu e hoʻololi i kahi ea - hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia kēia ʻike e kōkua i nā mea kanu e ulu ikaika me ka mālama ʻana i kā lākou waiwai meaʻai. ʻO ka puka komo ʻo Phys.org.
Hoʻohana ʻia ka Phosphorus ma ke ʻano he mea kanu a he mea nui ia no ulu ulu, akā ua kaupalena ʻia nā mālama honua o ka phosphorus.
"ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke synthesize [phosphorus] e like me ka nitrogen fertilizers," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Hatem Ruashed, he kumu aʻoaʻo kōkua ma ke Kulanui o ka Mahiʻai a me nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe. "Pono mākou e hoʻomaopopo pono i ka ʻai ʻana o nā mea kanu i ka phosphorus i mea e ola ai."
Ua ʻike ʻo Ruashed a me kāna hui i ka wā i ʻike ʻia ai nā mea kanu i nā pae kiʻekiʻe o ka carbon dioxide, ua emi nā pae phosphorus i nā ʻōpuʻu a me nā lau o nā mea kanu.
"Makemake mākou e ʻike i ke kumu e ʻai ʻole ai nā mea kanu i ka phosphorus," wahi a Ruashed. — A e nana i ka emi ana pae phosphorus hemahema a i ole pane hoʻololi, a aia kahi ala e hoʻololi ai i mea e ulu ai nā mea kanu a hāʻawi iā mākou i nā meaʻai momona."
Ua nānā hohonu ʻo Ruashed a me kāna hui i ka pae subcellular a ʻike i ka pale ʻana o nā mea kanu i ka hoʻonui ʻana i kā lākou chloroplasts me ka phosphorus ma ke ʻano he pane kūpono i nā pae kiʻekiʻe o ka carbon dioxide. ʻO nā chloroplasts kahi e hana ai ka photosynthesis, kahi e hana ai ka chlorophyll, i mua o ka lā, i meaʻai no ka ulu ʻana o nā mea kanu. ʻO ka Phosphorus kekahi mea nui o ka photosynthesis a me ka hana ʻana o ka ikehu no nā cell.
"ʻO ka mea nui loa e pili ana i kā mākou ʻike ʻana ʻo ia ke hoʻāʻo mākou e kiʻi i kahi mea kanu e hoʻohui nui phosphorus i loko o kahi chloroplast, ʻaʻole ulu ka mea kanu, "wahi a Ruashed. "Ua ʻike mākou ʻo ka piʻi ʻana o nā pae phytic acid i nā mea kanu pono e hoʻomalu pono ʻia i hiki i nā mea kanu ke ulu i nā kūlana o ke kalapona kiʻekiʻe."
Ua ʻike nā mea noiʻi inā ʻoi aku ka nui o ka waika phytic ma mua o kekahi paepae, ʻaʻole ulu nā mea kanu.
"ʻO kēiaʻatikala ka mea mua e hōʻike ana he pono ke kūkākūkā e pili ana i keʻano e hiki ai iā mākou ke pale i nā mea kanu mai kaʻaiʻole ma muli o ka hoʻonuiʻana i ka carbon dioxide ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa," wahi a Ruashed.
Ua paʻi ʻia ke aʻo ʻana ma ka puke pai Current Biology.