Ofufuza a ku North Carolina State University apanga Plant Armor, "zida zankhondo" zansalu zomwe zimapangitsa kuti tizilombo tidutse mumsewu ngati tiyesa kufikira chomera, malinga ndi Phys.org.
Nkhaniyi idzakhala yosangalatsa kwa omwe alimi a mbatata yathanzi yomwe amalima m'munda kapena m'malo obiriwira.
Kutengera zotsatira za zoyesererazo, ofufuzawo adanena kuti Plant Armor ikhoza kukhala njira yabwino kwambiri, yopanda mankhwala yoteteza tizilombo.
"Tapeza kuti teknoloji yatsopanoyi ingagwiritsidwe ntchito kuteteza ku tizilombo," adatero wolemba woyamba wa phunziroli Grayson Cave, mnzake wa postdoctoral ku North Carolina State. "Tawonetsa kuti titha kugwiritsa ntchito chotchinga chomwe chimalepheretsa ma thrip komanso tizilombo tina, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti mbewuyo ibereke bwino."
M'mbuyomu, zida zophimba zomera zidapangidwa kuti zisawononge tizilombo chifukwa cha kukula kwake, monga zowonera pazenera, ofufuzawo akutero. Komabe, njirayi ikhoza kukhala yovuta poyesa kuteteza tizilombo tochepa ngati nsonga ya pensulo, monga thrips ya fodya.
"Kupatula tizilombo tating'onoting'ono pogwiritsa ntchito zojambula zachikhalidwe, kukula kwa mabowo kuyenera kukhala kochepa kwambiri kotero kuti kumalepheretsanso kulowa kwa madzi, mpweya ndi chinyezi," adatero Mike Roe, wofufuza wamkulu pa kafukufukuyu, William Neil Reynolds. , pulofesa wopuma pantchito wa entomology. state of North Carolina. "Tinayenera kubwera ndi njira ina."
Kuti izi zitheke, ochita kafukufukuwo adapanga chophimba chamagulu atatu chamagulu atatu okhudzana ndi kugwiritsa ntchito ulusi wowonekera kunja ndi mkati. Ulusiwu, womwe ungathe kupangidwa ndi pulasitiki wokonzedwanso, umalowetsabe kuwala kwa dzuwa koma umateteza tizilombo kuti tisalowe mu zomera. Chipinda chapadera chamkati chimamangika pazigawo ziwiri zakunja, ndikupanga kapangidwe ka labyrinthine mkati mwa Plant Armor.
"Pamenepa, tizilombo timayenera kudziwa momwe tingadutse pamtanda kuti tifike ku chomera cha mbali inayo," adatero Rowe. - Tortuosity imapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kudutsa. Tizilomboti timakhala ndi nthawi yoti tipeze chakudya, tikapanda kutero timafa.”
Pazoyeserera zitatu zoyambirira, ofufuzawo adapeza kuti tizilombo timatenga nthawi yayitali kuti tifike ku chomeracho. Anayika tsamba la kabichi ndi ma thrip 10 a fodya m'mbale ya Petri, kuwalekanitsa ndi Plant Armor ndi zofunda zina. Zinatenga ma thrips asanu pafupifupi maola atatu kuti tidutse mu Plant Armor, pomwe tizirombo tina tadutsa mumphindi khumi ndi ziwiri zokha.
Pakuyesa komweko, kapangidwe kameneka kanali kothandiza pafupifupi 90% poletsa Plant Armor kuwoloka m'maola 12.
Kuyesera kotsiriza kunali kuyesa kwa miyezi itatu kwa Plant Armor panja, pogwiritsa ntchito zinthuzo ngati chophimba cha wowonjezera kutentha. Ofufuzawa adapeza kuti zomera zomwe zidakutidwa ndi Plant Armor zinali zazikulu pafupipafupi; unyinji wa kabichi pansi Plant Zida anali pafupifupi katatu kuposa ulamuliro.
Ofufuzawo akukhulupirira kuti Plant Armor ikhoza kukhala njira yabwino yopangira zida zophimbira zokhazikika pazomera zamtengo wapatali monga mphesa. Pakafukufuku wamtsogolo, akufunanso kudziwa ngati zokutira zingagwiritsidwe ntchito kuteteza mbewu pansi pazovuta komanso kusintha kwa nyengo.
"Zina mwa zomwe tikuchita ndikuyang'ana zida zatsopano," adatero Andre West, pulofesa wothandizira wa nsalu, zovala ndi luso laukadaulo ku NC State komanso director of the Zeis Textiles Extension. "Tikuganiza kuti njirayi ingathandize alimi omwe ali ovuta kwambiri."