Wani sabon binciken da aka yi na ba-zata daga wani sabon bincike da ke duba kwarin da kawar da cututtuka a wuraren kasuwancin albasa na birnin New York zai baiwa manoman jihar damar rage amfani da sinadarai na roba ba tare da lalata amfanin gona ba, a cewar tashar. likita.ir.
Binciken da masana kimiyya suka yi a Cornell Agriturismo Tech kuma kwanan nan aka buga a cikin mujallar Agronomyya nuna cewa ta hanyar haɗuwa da ƙofofin ƙayyadaddun lokacin da za a yi amfani da maganin kashe kwari don magance thrips albasa - babban kwarin amfanin gona - manoma sun fesa ƙarancin feshi 2,3 a kowace kakar, yana kiyaye yawan amfanin gona da girma. Ƙimar kofa ita ce yawan kwaro a cikin amfanin gona, wanda ke buƙatar ɗaukar matakai don hana karuwar lambobi zuwa matakin da zai haifar da asarar tattalin arziki.
Sakamakon gwaje-gwajen gona sama da shekaru uku kuma ya nuna cewa manoma za su iya amfani da taki kasa da kashi 50-100% ba tare da lalata amfanin gona ba.
Max Torrey '13, wanda gonar danginsa na ƙarni na 12 a Elba, NY, ya kasance filin gwaji don binciken. "Mutane sun yi shakku, amma wannan bayanan yana ba mu kwarin gwiwa sosai."
Noman albasa a yanayin yammacin New York yana buƙatar noma sosai kuma yana dogara sosai akan takin roba da magungunan kashe qwari. Hakanan ana yin shi ne kawai akan ƙasa mai fadama. Manoman New York suna noma kusan dukkanin gonakin kadada 7000 na jihar akan taki.
Albasa abu ne mai mahimmanci na abinci kuma shine abinci na hudu da ake amfani da shi a Amurka bayan dankali, tumatir da masara mai dadi. Masu noman wannan amfanin gona a birnin New York suna da ƙarin fa'idar kasancewa kusa da manyan kasuwannin Gabas ta Tsakiya. Amma cututtuka da kwari, musamman thrips na albasa, suna tasiri sosai ga ribar masu noman albasa.
Albasa thrips, ƙananan kwari masu fuka-fuki waɗanda ke ciyar da tsire-tsire albasa, sun kasance a kan radar Brian Nault shekaru da yawa. Nault, babban marubucin binciken kuma farfesa a fannin ilimin halittu a Cornell Agriturismo Tech, ya ce manoma sun dogara ga shirye-shiryen aikace-aikacen maganin kwari mai tsada na mako-mako don sarrafa thrips. Bayan haka, a ƙarshen 1990s, juriya na kwari ya fara haɓaka cikin sauri cikin thrips, kamar yadda za a iya samar da tsararraki biyar zuwa takwas na kwaro a cikin shekara guda. Thrips kuma yana watsa kwayar cutar da ke iya kashe tsire-tsire da yada kwayoyin cutar da ke haifar da rubewar kwan fitila.
Don taimakawa ci gaba da tasirin maganin kwari, Nault ya ƙididdige ƙofofin daidai don masu noman albasa a New York su iya fesa kawai lokacin da yawan kwarin ke buƙata.
"Dalilin #1 da yasa manoma ke amfani da ƙofa shine don rage haɓakar juriyar kwari," in ji Nault. - Sabuwar na gaba, mai kyau sinadarai bazai bayyana ba har sai 2025. Kuma muna bukatar mu dauki mataki a yanzu.”
A cikin sabon binciken da suka yi, Nault da Carly Regan sun nemi su kara inganta dabarun sarrafa kayan albasa. Sun san cewa masu noman da suka ci gaba da amfani da shirye-shiryen feshin mako-mako maimakon ƙofa suna cikin haɗari sosai, suna ƙara yuwuwar haɓaka juriya. Amma Nault ta kuma gano sakamakon binciken da ke nuna cewa rage yawan taki na iya rage kwari kan wasu amfanin gona. Ya kara da wannan lamarin a cikin gwaje-gwajen gwaji.
Nault da abokansa masu girma sun yi mamakin ganin cewa adadin taki da ake amfani da shi a wurin shuka ba shi da wani tasiri a kan matakan yawan jama'a, ruɓe, ko girman kwan fitila da yawan amfanin ƙasa.
"Ba mu yi tsammanin wannan ba, amma yana da tasiri mafi girma," in ji Nault. "Rage amfani da takin zamani wajen noman kasuwanci yana da kyau ga muhalli ta hanyoyi da dama."
Nault ya gamsu cewa idan duk masu noman albasa na New York sun yi amfani da ƙofa, za su ga jimlar dala 420 na kashe kashe kashe kwari na shekara-shekara.