#Agriculture #PestManagement #CropProtection #IntegratedPestManagement #CabbageLooper #TrichoplusiaNi
I-Trichoplusia ni, evame ukubizwa ngokuthi i-cabbage looper, iyinkathazo yezolimo edla imifino ehlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa iklabishi, i-broccoli, ne-cauliflower. Kulesi sihloko, sizocwilisa emjikelezweni wokuphila walesi sinambuzane, sihlole umonakalo esiwudalayo, futhi sinikeze amasu okuphatha okulawula inani labantu baso.
I-looper yeklabishi ihamba ngezigaba ezine ze-metamorphosis: iqanda, isibungu, isiphungumangathi kanye nesidala. Amaqanda avamise ukubekeka ngaphansi kwamaqabunga bese achanyuselwa abe amacimbi anombala oluhlaza ngokunyakazisa okuhlukile. Izibungu zidla amaqabunga, zidala umonakalo omkhulu ezitshalweni, ikakhulukazi phakathi nengxenye yesithathu neyesine. Ngemva kokuncelisa amasonto ambalwa, amacimbi akha umfece bese ephumula. Ezindala ziphuma emfeceni njengamabhu ansundu ngokumpunga namaphiko acishe abe ngamayintshi angu-1.5.
Umonakalo odalwa ama-looper eklabishi ungaholela ekulahlekelweni kwesivuno esikhulu ezitshalweni. Amacimbi adla amaqabunga, okubangela iphethini yesimo semigodi nemiphetho engajwayelekile. Ukutheleleka okunamandla kungabangela futhi ukubola, ukunciphisa impilo yonke kanye nekhwalithi yesitshalo. Ngakho-ke, amasu okuphatha abalulekile ukulawula inani lalezi zinambuzane.
Kunamasu amaningana okuphatha ama-loopers eklabishi, okuhlanganisa nokulawulwa kwamasiko, kwebhayoloji, namakhemikhali. Izindlela zokulawula amasiko zibandakanya izinqubo ezishintsha indawo yokuhlala noma imvelo yezitshalo, njengokujikeleziswa kwezitshalo, ukutshala izinhlobo ezimelana nokumelana, noma ukusebenzisa izinqubo zokukhucululwa kwendle. Izindlela zokulawula izinto eziphilayo zibandakanya ukusetshenziswa kwezitha zemvelo, njengeminyovu eyizinambuzane kanye nama-nematode, ukuze kuncishiswe inani lama-loop eklabishi. Izindlela zokulawula amakhemikhali zihilela ukusetshenziswa kwezibulala-zinambuzane, kodwa lokhu kufanele kwenziwe ngokucophelela ukuze kuvinjelwe ukulimala kwendawo ezungezile nokulondoloza izinambuzane eziwusizo.
Ukuqonda umjikelezo wempilo kanye nokuphathwa kweklabishi looper kubalulekile kubalimi kanye nezingcweti zezolimo ukuze kuvinjelwe ukulahlekelwa okukhulu kwesivuno. Ukusebenzisa amasu adidiyelwe okulawula izinambuzane, ahlanganisa inhlanganisela yezindlela zokulawula amasiko, izinto eziphilayo, kanye namakhemikhali, kungalawula ngempumelelo isibalo seklabishi looper nokuvikela izitshalo.