Njengoba amanani katamatisi eqala ukukhuphuka, nazi izindaba ezinhle. Ngokushesha ungase ukwazi ukutshala kokubili utamatisi nama-brinjal esitshalweni esisodwa engadini yasekhishini lakho noma engadini yamathala.
Ososayensi abavela e-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research (IIVR), i-Varanasi, i-Uttar Pradesh, iyunithi yensimu ye-Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), baye bahlakulela indlela yokuxhunyelelwa evumela ukuthi imifino emibili ikhule esitshalweni esisodwa.
“Ukuxhunyelelwa kukatamatisi ne-brinjal kube yimpumelelo. Bobabili baphuma emndenini owodwa nakuba benezici ezingafani,” kusho u-Ananth Bahadur, usosayensi oyinhloko e-IIVR, eVaranasi, etshela. I-Gaon Connection.
NgokukaBahadur, ososayensi bebelokhu besebenza ngale ndlela entsha yokuxhunyelelwa isikhashana futhi iBrimato - inhlanganisela ye-brinjal notamatisi - ibe impumelelo yabo enkulu kakhulu!
I-Brimato ihlanganisa izimfanelo eziqinile zesitshalo se-brinjal esimelana nokugcwala kwamanzi ngokweqile kanye nesomiso kahle, kusho usosayensi oyinhloko.
Yize kuze kube manje sebezame ukuxhunyelelwa imifino emndenini ofanayo, ososayensi bahlela ukuqala ukuxhunyelelwa neminye imifino ndawonye.
Izitshalo zixhunyelelwa kanjani?
"Lapho isitshalo se-brinjal sinezinsuku ezingamashumi amabili nanhlanu kuya kwezingamashumi amathathu ubudala, futhi isitshalo sikatamatisi sinezinsuku ezingamashumi amabili nambili kuya kwezingamashumi amabili nanhlanu ubudala, zixhunyelelwa ndawonye," kuchaza u-Bahadur.
Ngenxa yokuqina kwayo, isiphunzi se-brinjal sisetshenziswa njengesisekelo, ngemva kwalokho izitshalo ezimbili zemifino zixhunyelelwa, usosayensi wanezela.
Ngemva kokuxhunyelelwa, isitshalo sigcinwa endaweni elawulwayo enezinga lokushisa elilawulwa ngokucophelela, umswakama nokukhanya.
Bese, isitshalo se-Brimato sigcinwa emthunzini izinsuku ezinhlanu kuya kweziyisikhombisa. Sekukonke, wonke umsebenzi wokuxhunyelelwa kuthatha noma yini kuze kufike ezinsukwini eziyi-18 ngemuva kwalokho usulungele ukufakelwa ensimini, kusho uBahadur.
Kunezinhlelo eziqhubekayo zokutshala i-Brimato ngezinga elikhulu. “Ngemva kwezinsuku ezingamashumi ayisithupha kuya kwamashumi ayisikhombisa zitshaliwe, izitshalo ziqala ukuthela i-brinjal namatamatisi. Isitshalo ngasinye sikhiqiza amakhilogremu angu-2.3 katamatisi kanye namakhilogremu angu-2.64 e-brinjal,” kusho usosayensi oyinhloko.
Le ndlela izoba kahle kakhulu ukukhula ekhishini nasezingadini zethala, kusho uBahadur. “Endaweni encane ungaba nemifino emibili ehlukene,” esho.
Kodwa-ke, okwamanje kukhona ucwaningo kanye ne-recce eyenzekayo kanye nabalimi ukuze babone ukuthi ukutshalwa kwe-Brimato kungakhuliswa kanjani.
I-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research isivele yaxhunyelelwa ngempumelelo iPomato, inhlanganisela yamazambane kanye notamatisi.