Satureja hortensis, yemwe amadziwika kuti savory yachilimwe, ndi therere lomwe lakhala likugwiritsidwa ntchito kwa zaka mazana ambiri kuphika ndi mankhwala azitsamba. Komabe, therere limeneli lilinso ndi ubwino waulimi, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti likhale lofunika kwambiri pa minda ndi minda. M'nkhaniyi, tiwona momwe Satureja hortensis amagwiritsidwira ntchito komanso maubwino paulimi.
Satureja hortensis ili ndi maubwino angapo aulimi omwe amawapangitsa kukhala zitsamba zamtengo wapatali kwa alimi ndi wamaluwa. Choyamba, zapezeka kuti zimathamangitsa tizirombo monga nsabwe za m'masamba, akangaude, ndi ma thrips, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti ikhale njira yachilengedwe komanso yothandiza yothana ndi tizilombo. Kuonjezera apo, imatha kupititsa patsogolo nthaka mwa kuonjezera kukhalapo kwa tizilombo toyambitsa matenda komanso kuwonjezera kupezeka kwa michere. Satureja hortensis ingathenso kukopa tizilombo topindulitsa, monga njuchi ndi agulugufe, zomwe zingathandize kutulutsa mungu ndi kupanga mbewu.
Malinga ndi kafukufuku wofalitsidwa mu Journal of Essential Oil Research, Satureja hortensis ikhoza kuchepetsa kwambiri tizilombo towononga komanso kuonjezera zokolola mu zomera za phwetekere. Kafukufukuyu adapeza kuti zitsamba zikagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati mankhwala achilengedwe, zidachepetsa kuchuluka kwa akangaude ndi 50% ndikuwonjezera zokolola za tomato. Izi zikusonyeza kuti Satureja hortensis ikhoza kukhala njira yabwino yothetsera mankhwala ophera tizilombo, omwe angakhale ovulaza chilengedwe komanso thanzi la anthu.
Kafukufuku wina wofalitsidwa mu Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry anapeza kuti Satureja hortensis ikhoza kukhala ndi antimicrobial properties, zomwe zingapangitse kuti zikhale zothandiza poletsa kukula kwa mabakiteriya owopsa mu chakudya cha ziweto. Kafukufukuyu anapeza kuti therere linali lothandiza polimbana ndi mitundu ingapo ya mabakiteriya, kuphatikizapo Salmonella ndi E. coli.
Pomaliza, Satureja hortensis ndi therere lamtengo wapatali kwa alimi ndi wamaluwa chifukwa chotha kuthamangitsa tizirombo, kukonza nthaka yabwino, komanso kukopa tizilombo tothandiza. Kuthekera kwake ngati mankhwala achilengedwe komanso antimicrobial agent kumapangitsa kukhala njira yodalirika yopangira mankhwala ophera tizilombo ndi maantibayotiki. Pophatikiza Satureja hortensis m'ntchito zawo zaulimi ndi minda, alimi ndi olima atha kupititsa patsogolo thanzi ndi zokolola za mbewu zawo, komanso amalimbikitsa machitidwe okhazikika komanso okonda zachilengedwe.
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