Richard Ferrieri bai taba tunanin cewa kwalbar hayakin ruwa mai sauki za ta canza alkiblar binciken tawagarsa ba. Da farko, Ferrieri da ƙungiyar masu bincike a Jami'ar Missouri sun mayar da hankali kan nazarin yadda ƙasa da ke jike a cikin tsananin hayaƙin daji yana shafar tsiro. Amma bayan sun fara binciken, sun yi wani bincike mai ban mamaki, kuma sun yi imanin cewa wata rana za a iya amfani da shi don inganta lafiyar kayan abinci.
Richard Ferrieri, farfesa a Sashen Chemistry na Jami'ar Missouri (MURR), ya ce lokacin da masana kimiyya daga tawagarsa ta bincike suka kara hayaki mai ruwa a cikin kasa inda shukar sunflower ke tsiro, sun gano cewa yana iya inganta kariya ta dabi'a kuma ya karu. iyawarta na tsayayya da kwari da cututtuka.a cewar Phys.org.
An yi amfani da hayakin ruwa da ke fitowa daga turɓayar hayaƙi daga itacen kona don kwatanta, a cikin dakin gwaje-gwaje, yanayin hayaƙi da gobarar daji ke iya haifarwa.
"Tsaki ba za su iya tserewa ba lokacin da suke ƙoƙarin kare kansu daga wata barazana mai tsanani," in ji Ferrieri, wanda kuma memba ne na Jami'ar Missouri ta Interdisciplinary Plant Science Group. “Saboda haka, shuka na bukatar makamashi mai yawa don kasafta albarkatu masu daraja da ta saba ba wa ci gabanta domin kare kanta. Kamar yadda yake tare da jikin ɗan adam, mabuɗin lafiyar shuka ya ta'allaka ne kan yadda tsarin jijiyoyin jikinsu zai iya aiki cikin damuwa."
A cikin wannan binciken, masana kimiyya sun yi amfani da carbon-11 radioisotope da wani cyclotron a Jami'ar Missouri ya kirkiro don ganin yadda hayaki ke shafar tsarin jijiyoyin jini a cikin sunflowers, ko tsarin da ke jigilar carbon, ruwa, da abubuwan ganowa a cikin shuka. Ferrieri ya ce sun gano cewa furannin sunflower da ke girma a cikin ƙasa mai shan hayaki suna da girma, kauri, ganye kuma ba su da saurin kamuwa da kwari da cututtuka.
A nan gaba, Ferrieri yana son fadada wannan bincike ta hanyar gwada wasu amfanin gona, irin su waken soya. Soya na iya zama haɓakar dabi'a na binciken su saboda yana da irin wannan nau'in tsarin jijiyoyin jini zuwa sunflower kuma yana da saurin kamuwa da cututtuka daban-daban.
Ferrieri ya yi fatan aikin dakin gwaje-gwajen nasa zai taimaka wajen samar da mafita ga matsalar karancin abinci a duniya ta hanyar samar da wata hanya ta dabi'a ta amfani da magungunan kashe kwari don taimakawa manoma wajen bunkasa amfanin gona ga cututtuka daban-daban.
Yin jiyya tare da hayakin ruwa da wasu sinadarai waɗanda ke mamaye hayaki yana rage sassan phloem a cikin sunflowers, haɓaka haɓaka.