ʻAʻole i manaʻo ʻo Richard Ferrieri e hoʻololi ka ʻōmole uahi wai i ke ala o ka noiʻi o kāna hui. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana, ua nānā ʻo Ferrieri a me kahi hui o nā mea noiʻi ma ke Kulanui o Missouri i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka hopena o ka ulu ʻana o ka mea kanu. Akā, ma hope o kā lākou hoʻomaka ʻana i kā lākou noiʻi, ua loaʻa iā lākou kahi ʻike kupaianaha, a manaʻo lākou hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i kekahi lā e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke olakino o nā mea kanu meaʻai.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Richard Ferrieri, he polopeka ma ke Keʻena Kemika ma ke Kulanui o Missouri (MURR), i ka wā i hoʻohui ai nā ʻepekema mai kāna hui noiʻi i ka uahi wai i ka lepo kahi e ulu ai kahi mea kanu sunflower, ua ʻike lākou hiki iā ia ke hoʻonui i kona pale kūlohelohe a hoʻonui. kona hiki ke pale aku i na mea ino a me na mai, e like me ka Phys.org.
Ua hoʻohana ʻia ka uahi wai ma muli o ka condensation o ka uahi mai ka lāʻau ʻā ʻana e hoʻohālikelike, i loko o kahi keʻena keʻena hana, nā ʻano uwahi e hiki ai i ke ahi ke hana.
"ʻAʻole hiki i nā mea kanu ke pakele i ka wā e hoʻāʻo nei lākou e pale aku iā lākou iho i kahi hoʻoweliweli ikaika," wahi a Ferrieri, ʻo ia hoʻi he lālā o ka University of Missouri's Interdisciplinary Plant Science Group. "No laila, pono ka mea kanu i ka ikehu nui e hoʻokaʻawale i nā kumuwaiwai makamae e hāʻawi mau ai i kona ulu ʻana i mea e pale ai iā ia iho. E like me ke kino o ke kanaka, ʻo ke kī e kanu ai i ke olakino aia i ka maikaʻi o kā lākou ʻōnaehana vascular e hana ma lalo o ke kaumaha.
Ma kēia noiʻi ʻana, ua hoʻohana ka poʻe ʻepekema i kahi radioisotope carbon-11 i hana ʻia e kahi cyclotron ma ke Kulanui o Missouri e ʻike i ka hopena o ka uahi i ka ʻōnaehana vascular i nā sunflowers, a i ʻole ka ʻōnaehana lawe kalapona, ka wai, a me nā ʻano mea i loko o ka mea kanu. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ferrieri ua ʻike lākou i ka ulu ʻana o nā sunflowers i ka lepo i mālama ʻia i ka uahi wai, ʻoi aku ka nui, ʻoi aku ka mānoanoa, nā lau ʻōmaʻomaʻo a ʻaʻole hiki ke maʻalahi i nā pests a me nā maʻi.
I ka wā e hiki mai ana, makemake ʻo Ferrieri e hoʻonui i kēia noiʻi i nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe, e like me ka soybeans. Hiki paha i ka Soy ke hoʻonui maoli i kā lākou noiʻi ʻana no ka mea he ʻano like ia o ka ʻōnaehana vascular me ka sunflower a hiki ke maʻalahi i nā maʻi like ʻole.
Manaʻo ʻo Ferrieri e kōkua ka hana a kāna lab i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hopena kūpono i ka palekana o ka meaʻai honua ma o ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi ala kūlohelohe i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pesticides e kōkua i ka poʻe mahiʻai e kūkulu i ka pale ʻana i nā mea kanu i nā maʻi like ʻole.
ʻO ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana me ka uahi wai a me kekahi o nā mea kemika e hoʻomalu i ka uahi e hōʻemi i ka sectoriality o ka phloem i nā sunflowers, e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ulu.