Ucwaningo lweminyaka emibili olwenziwa yi-Boise State University kanye neNyuvesi yase-Idaho luphenya ukuthi intuthu yomlilo wequbula izithinta kanjani izitshalo zamazambane futhi lufuna ukuhlonza izinhlobo zamazambane ezikwazi ukumelana nentuthu.
Abalimi bayazi ukuthi izitshalo zamazambane ezitshalwa ngezikhathi zentuthu yomlilo wequbula esindayo ngokuvamile zinesivuno esincane nekhwalithi embi kakhulu. Ucwaningo lwangaphambilini lukhombe izingxenye ezithile zentuthu, njenge-ozone, ezingakhinyabeza ukukhula kwamazambane, kodwa ucwaningo olulinganiselwe luye lwashiya kakhulu ubudlelwano bamakhemikhali obuyisisekelo bungachazwa. Lo msebenzi uhlola ithiyori yemboni yokulimaza intuthu ezindaweni ezilawulwayo, okuvumela abacwaningi ukuthi baphenye imithelela efakwa yinhlanganisela yentuthu ngayinye esitshalweni esiphambili se-Idaho.
“Konke lokhu kuqale ngokubonwa yimboni. Uma sesibe neminyaka embi, enentuthu, isivuno siyehla futhi izinga lokucubungula liyehla. Umbono wethu ukuchayeka kwentuthu kubangela lokho,” kusho uMike Thornton, uprofesa eMnyangweni Wezesayensi Yezitshalo e-U of I.
USihlalo woMnyango Wezekhemikhali wesifunda sase-Thornton no-Boise u-Owen McDougal uhlaziya imiphumela yamakhemikhali entuthu kumazambane. Lolu cwaningo luphinde luhlole ukuthi ngabe izinhlobo ezithile zamazambane zivikelekile yini emonakalweni wentuthu. Abacwaningi bazokwethula imiphumela yokuqala kulobu busika emihlanganweni yemboni yamazambane. Imiphumela egcwele ilindeleke ukuthi ikhishwe ngemva kokuvuna kuka-2023.
Ukuqonda okukhona kwethonya lentuthu kumazambane kukhomba esikhwameni esixubile. Izingxenye eziningi zentuthu kusolakala ukuthi zithinta izitshalo zamazambane, njengekhabhoni ensundu nemnyama, inhlanganisela yezinto eziphilayo ezishintshashintshayo kanye nezinhlamvu zezifo. Intuthu inciphisa ukukhanya okutholakalayo futhi ikhuphule umswakama wasebusuku - izimo zemvelo eziba zimbi kakhulu zokukhula kwamazambane. Kodwa ezinye izingxenye zentuthu, njengesikhutha, zingase zibe usizo ezitshalweni.
"Kungokokuqala, okungenani ekubuyekezeni kwethu ucwaningo lwezemfundo, ukuthi noma ngubani azame ukwenza lokhu ngezinga elikhulu," kusho uThornton.
Ucwaningo olusha lubandakanya ukufaka izinhlobo ezintathu zamazambane - i-Clearwater, i-Alturas ne-Russet Burbank - ukubhema okuphuma kuzinaliti zikaphayini, ibhulashi le-sage kanye nokhuni. Ishiswe endaweni ethengisayo exhunywe kusigubhu esixutshwayo, le nhlanganisela izama ukulingisa intuthu yomlilo wequbula. Intuthu ithuthelwa ezindaweni zamazambane, lapho izembozo zepulasitiki zibamba intuthu phakathi nezitshalo, kuyilapho ezinye izitshalo zamazambane ezilawulayo zikhula endaweni engenantuthu ukuze abacwaningi baqhathanise imiphumela. Ukwelashwa kwansuku zonke kwentuthu yamazambane e-U of I Parma Research and Extension Center kwaqala ngoJulayi 11 futhi kwaphela Aug. 18.
Iphrojekthi yeminyaka emibili ixhaswe ngo-$125,000 ovela ku-federal Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, egunyazwe uMnyango Wezolimo Wesifunda sase-Idaho.
UMcDougal, umqondisi we-Boise State Food and Dairy Innovation Center, uzokwengamela ukuhlaziywa kwamakhemikhali ukuze kube nezinguquko ezingaba khona zamazambane avela ekuchayekeni kwentuthu. Ukuhlaziywa kwenzeka ngokushesha ngemva kokuvuna, ngemva kwezinyanga eziyisithupha egciniwe futhi ngemva kokuba amazambane ephendulwe amafrimu aqandisiwe.
"Kuzositshela ukuthi yimuphi umehluko okhona phakathi kokulawula kanye nezambane lokwelapha ukuze sikwazi ukukhomba ukuthi yimaphi ama-metabolites - amakhemikhali angaphakathi kwezambane - ashintsha ngenxa yokuchayeka entuthuni," kusho uMcDougal.
Okuthosiwe okuhlaziywe kokuhlolwa kuzocutshungulwa e-U of I Food Technology Center eCaldwell.
Ngokubona amazambane abukeka engagcini kahle ngemuva kweminyaka eshubile yomlilo wequbula, iMcCain Foods inikeze ubuchwepheshe kulo msebenzi. Abamele i-U of I, McCain Foods kanye ne-Boise State bakhonza ekomitini labaluleki eliqondisa iphrojekthi yocwaningo.
U-Thornton ulindele ukusebenzisa izindlela ezifanayo zocwaningo kumasizini azayo ukuze aphindaphinde ucwaningo lwentuthu nezinye izitshalo, okuhlanganisa no-anyanisi.
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