Masu bincike a Jami'ar Jihar North Carolina sun kera Plant Armor, wani masaku "masu sulke" wanda ke sa kwari su yi tafiya ta cikin matsi idan sun yi kokarin isa shuka, a cewar Phys.org.
Wannan labarin zai zama abin sha'awa ga masu samar da lafiyayyen dankali waɗanda suke shuka su a ƙarƙashin rufi a cikin filin ko a cikin greenhouses.
Dangane da sakamakon gwaje-gwajen, masu binciken sun ce Plant Armor na iya zama mafi inganci, madadin da ba shi da sinadarai don kare kwari.
"Mun gano cewa za a iya amfani da wannan sabuwar fasaha don kariya daga kwari," in ji marubucin farko na binciken Grayson Cave, wani jami'in karatun digiri a jihar North Carolina. "Mun nuna cewa za mu iya amfani da shinge na inji wanda zai hana thrips da yiwuwar sauran kwari, ba da damar shukar ta samar da amfanin gona mai kyau."
A baya can, an tsara kayan da aka rufe shuka don ware kwari kawai saboda girman su, kamar allon taga, masu binciken sun ce. Koyaya, wannan dabarar na iya zama matsala yayin ƙoƙarin kiyaye ƙwari ƙanƙanta kamar ƙarshen fensir, irin su tabar taba.
Mike Roe, babban jami'in bincike a binciken William Neil Reynolds ya ce "Don ware kwari da suke kanana sosai ta amfani da zane-zane na suturar gargajiya, girman ramukan dole ne ya zama kankanta ta yadda zai hana shigar ruwa, iska da danshi." , Farfesa farfesa a fannin ilimin dabbobi. Jihar North Carolina. "Dole ne mu fito da wata hanya ta daban."
Don wannan karshen, masu binciken sun kirkiro wani nau'i mai nau'i mai nau'i uku da ke hade da yin amfani da filaye masu haske a cikin waje da ciki. Zaɓuɓɓukan, waɗanda za a iya yin su daga filastik da aka sake yin fa'ida, har yanzu suna barin su cikin hasken rana amma suna hana kwari daga cikin tsire-tsire. Wani Layer na ciki na musamman yana manne daidai da yadudduka na waje biyu, yana ƙirƙirar tsarin labyrinthine a cikin Plant Armor.
"A wannan yanayin, dole ne kwarin ya gano yadda za a yi ta cikin maze don isa shuka a wancan gefen," in ji Rowe. - azabtarwa yana da wuyar wucewa. Kwarin yana da ƙayyadadden lokaci don neman abinci, in ba haka ba zai mutu.
A cikin farkon gwaje-gwaje uku, masu binciken sun gano cewa kwari suna ɗaukar lokaci mai yawa don isa shuka. Sun sanya ganyen kabeji da thrips 10 na taba a cikin kwano na Petri, sun raba su da Plant Armor da sauran kayan rufewa. An ɗauki kashi biyar kusan sa'o'i uku kafin a wuce ta Plant Armor, yayin da sauran kwarin suka samu ta daidaitaccen murfin amfanin gona guda ɗaya a cikin mintuna 12 kacal.
A cikin gwajin waƙa guda ɗaya, wannan ƙirar ta kusan kusan 90% tasiri wajen hana Plant Armor ƙetare cikin sa'o'i 12.
Gwajin na ƙarshe shine gwajin filin na tsawon watanni uku na Plant Armor a waje, ta yin amfani da kayan a matsayin abin rufewa ga greenhouse. Masu binciken sun gano cewa tsire-tsire da aka rufe da Plant Armor sun fi girma a matsakaici; yawan kabeji a karkashin Plant Armor ya kusan sau uku fiye da sarrafawa.
Masu binciken sun yi imanin cewa Plant Armor na iya zama madadin madaidaicin kayan rufewa don amfanin gona masu daraja kamar inabi. A cikin bincike na gaba, suna kuma son gano ko za a iya amfani da rufin don kare amfanin gona a cikin matsanancin yanayi da sauyin yanayi.
"Wani ɓangare na abin da muke yi shi ne neman sababbin kayan rufewa," in ji marubucin binciken Andre West, farfesa a fannin sarrafa kayan yadi, tufafi da fasaha a Jihar NC kuma darektan Zeis Textiles Extension. "Muna tunanin wannan zabin zai iya taimakawa manoma a cikin matsanancin yanayi."