Vatsvagiri vekuNorth Carolina State University vakagadzira Plant Armor, machira "zvombo zvechirimwa" zvinoita kuti zvipembenene zvifambe nemumazeze kana vakaedza kusvika kune chirimwa, maererano nePhys.org.
Iyi nhau ichave yekufarira kune vanogadzira mhodzi dzemhodzi dzine hutano vanodzirima pasi pechivharo mumunda kana mumagreenhouse.
Zvichienderana nemhedzisiro yezviyedzo, vaongorori vakati Plant Armor inogona kuve inoshanda, isina makemikari imwe nzira yekudzivirira zvipembenene.
"Takaona kuti tekinoroji nyowani iyi inogona kushandiswa kudzivirira kubva kune zvipembenene," akadaro munyori wekutanga wekudzidza Grayson Cave, a postdoctoral shamwari kuNorth Carolina State. "Takaratidza kuti tinokwanisa kushandisa mechanical barrier inodzivirira thrips pamwe nezvimwe zvipembenene, zvichiita kuti chirimwa chibereke zvakanaka."
Pakutanga, zvidyarwa zvekuvhara zvidyarwa zvakagadzirirwa kusabvisa zvipembenene nekuda kwehukuru hwazvo, semahwindo emahwindo, vaongorori vanodaro. Nekudaro, zano iri rinogona kunetsa kana uchiedza kudzivirira tupukanana sediki semuromo wepenzura, senge fodya thrips.
"Kusabvisa zvipembenene zvidiki chaizvo uchishandisa echinyakare machira evhavha madhizaini, ukuru hwemaburi hunofanirwa kunge hudiki zvekuti hunodzivirira kupinda kwemvura, mhepo uye hunyoro," akadaro Mike Roe, muongorori mukuru pachidzidzo ichi, William Neil Reynolds. , purofesa akasimuka we entomology. state yeNorth Carolina. "Taifanira kuuya neimwe nzira."
Kuti izvi zviitike, vatsvakurudzi vakagadzira matatu-layer matatu-dimensional coating yakabatana nekushandiswa kwemafiber akajeka muzvikamu zvekunze uye zvemukati. Mafayibha, anogona kugadzirwa kubva mupurasitiki akadzokororwa, achiri kupinza chiedza chezuva asi anodzivirira tumbuyu kubva muzvirimwa. Yakakosha yemukati layer inosungirirwa perpendicular kune maviri ekunze akaturikidzana, achigadzira labyrinthine chimiro mukati mePlant Armor.
"Panyaya iyi, chipembenene chinofanirwa kufunga nzira yekupfuura nemumaza kuti usvike kune chirimwa kune rumwe rutivi," Rowe akadaro. - Tortuosity inoita kuti zviome kupfuura. Chipembenene ichi chine nguva yakati rebei kuwana chikafu, zvikasadaro chinofa.”
Mukutanga kwekuedza kutatu, vaongorori vakawana kuti zvipembenene zvinotora nguva yakareba kuti zvisvike pachirimwa. Vakaisa shizha rekabichi nemathrips gumi efodya mundiro yePetri, vachizviparadzanisa nePlant Armor uye zvimwe zvekufukidzira. Zvakatora mathrips mashanu angangoita maawa matatu kuti tipfuure nePlant Armor, nepo twumwe twupukanana twakapfuura nekavharidziro yechirimwa imwe chete mumaminitsi gumi nemaviri.
Muchiitiko chimwechete chekuyedza, dhizaini iyi yaive ingangoita 90% inoshanda mukudzivirira Plant Armor kubva pakuyambuka mumaawa gumi nemaviri.
Chiyedzo chekupedzisira chaive chemwedzi mitatu chekuedza kwePlant Armor kunze, uchishandisa izvo sevhavha yegreenhouse. Vatsvakurudzi vakawana kuti zvinomera zvakaputirwa nePlant Armor zvaive zvakakura paavhareji; huremu hwekabichi pasi pePlant Armor hwaive hwakareba zvakapetwa katatu pane kutonga.
Vatsvagiri vanotenda kuti Plant Armor inogona kunge iri imwe nzira yakanaka kune yakajairwa yekuvharisa zvirimwa zvemhando yepamusoro senge mazambiringa. Mukutsvagisa kunotevera, ivo vanodawo kuona kana iko kupfekedza kungashandiswa kuchengetedza zvirimwa pasi pemamiriro akanyanya uye shanduko yemamiriro ekunze.
"Chimwe chezvatiri kuita kutsvaga zvinhu zvitsva zvekuvharisa," akadaro munyori-munyori wezvidzidzo Andre West, purofesa wezvemachira, zvipfeko uye tekinoroji manejimendi kuNC State uye director weZeis Textiles Extension. "Tinofunga kuti sarudzo iyi inogona kubatsira varimi mumamiriro ezvinhu akaomarara."