University of Florida (UF) ofufuza atulutsa zidziwitso zawo zaposachedwa pa nthata zomwe zimadziwika kuti zimaukira mbewu za hemp ku Florida.
Kwa alimi omwe akuganizira - ndi omwe ayamba - kukulitsa hemp ngati gawo la mayesero a famu okhudzana ndi UF's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) Industrial Hemp Pilot Project, kutulutsidwa kwaposachedwa kumeneku kumayang'ana pa maphunziro omwe aphunziridwa ndipo kumapereka zambiri mwatsatanetsatane magulu atatu akuluakulu a nthata. . Nthata, zomwe zimatha kupha hemp zomwe zimalimidwa ku Florida minda ndi nyumba zobiriwira, ndi nthata za hemp, nthata zazikulu, ndi akangaude.
“Tizilomboti timeneti titha kuwononga hemp mwa kusokoneza kukula, kuchititsa kuti masamba awonongeke komanso kupha zomera,” akutero Lance Osborne, Pulofesa wa Entomology pa UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center. “Kanema watsopano amafufuza magulu ofunika kwambiri a nthata, mmene angawadziŵikire, kafukufuku waposachedwa kwambiri wokhudza njira zoyendetsera mankhwala ndi tizilombo toyambitsa matenda, ndi zina zambiri.”
Zothandizira zingapo komanso chiwonetsero champhindi 30 chikupezeka pa Mite ya Industrial Hemp ku Florida webusayiti. Osborne akufotokoza vidiyoyi, pamene Juanita Popenoe, wothandizira UF/IFAS Extension yemwe amagwira ntchito yopangira zipatso zamalonda m'madera a Nyanja, Orange, ndi Marion, ndi Research Entomologist Cindy McKenzie wa USDA's Agricultural Research Service adalemba nawo chikalata chatsopanocho.
"Ikani ndi mbewu yatsopano ku Florida, ngakhale kuti yakhalapo kwa zaka mazana ambiri,” akutero Osborne. "Pali mankhwala ophera tizilombo omwe amavomerezedwa ndi boma kuti agwiritsidwe ntchito mu hemp, ndipo zambiri ndizovuta kupeza zogwira mtima kapena chitetezo cha zomera, koma pali zothandizira kuchokera kumagulu angapo zomwe zilipo ndipo kafukufuku akupitiriza kuchitidwa."
Zina mwazofunikira kwa alimi ndi malingaliro a momwe angapewere nthata kulowa m'malo obiriwira komanso momwe angasankhire m'minda - gawo loyamba komanso lofunikira kwa alimi. Palinso kuyang'ana mozama za kuwonongeka kwa madyedwe ndi zizindikiro zoyang'ana pa mbewu pa nsabwe zamtundu uliwonse komanso maulalo a zidziwitso za nthata.
"Kufufuza ndiye maziko a pulogalamu iliyonse yosamalira tizilombo ndipo ndikofunikira kwambiri," akutero Osborne. “Alimi ambiri amayesetsa kuti munthu azifufuza mbewu kamodzi pa sabata. UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center ku Apopka ili ndi pulogalamu yapachaka yophunzitsa ma scouts atsopano njirayi.