Ke nānā nei ka noiʻi kahua hou mai ke Kulanui ʻo Clarkson ma uka o New York i ke ʻano o ka hele ʻana o nā microbes mai nā wahi noi manure a hiki i nā huahana downwind. ʻO ka hui noiʻi, alakaʻi ʻia e Shane Rogers, he polopeka pili o ka ʻenekinia kīwila a me ka ʻenekinia, ana i ka mamao o ka maʻi bacteria maʻamau—me Salmonella a E. coli—e hele ana paha ma ka makani mai nā kahua hoʻohana manure.
"ʻO kā mākou pahuhopu ʻo ia ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi papa hana kūpono e aʻo ai i kēia ala," wahi a Rogers.
Ua hoʻohana ka hui i ka ʻikepili kahua e hoʻomaopopo i ke ʻano o ka hele ʻana o kēia mau bacteria mai nā wahi noi manure e hana ai. ʻEkolu makahiki o ka noiʻi ʻana. Lawe lākou i nā laʻana ma nā wahi mamao mai nā wahi noi manure a ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā maʻi bacteria.
Ua hoʻohana nā mea noiʻi i nā hiʻohiʻona kamepiula e hoʻonui i ko lākou ʻike.
"ʻAʻole hiki ke loaʻa nā ana no kēlā me kēia ʻano o nā kūlana e hiki mai ana," wahi a Rogers. "ʻAe nā hiʻohiʻona iā mākou e wānana i ka hana ʻino ma luna o kahi ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kūlana kūpono ma mua o kā mākou mau ana maka."
ʻO kēia ke ʻano o ka manure, ka ʻāina o ka mahiʻai, a me ke ʻano o ke aniau i ka wā e hoʻohana ʻia ai ka manure.
Ua loiloi pū ka hui i ka pilikia o ka maʻi. Ua hāʻawi kēia i ka hui i ka ʻike maikaʻi aʻe i ka maʻi ʻana o kekahi i nā hua i ka wā e loaʻa ai kahi nui o nā hua bacteria.
I ka hui pū ʻana i kēlā ʻikepili a pau, ua ʻike ka hui e hoʻihoʻi ʻia nā māla hua mai nā wahi o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka manure ma kahi o 160 mika. Pono kēlā mamao e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ka pilikia o ka maʻi mai ka meaʻai i nā pae ʻae ʻia (1 i 10,000). Ua koʻikoʻi ʻo Rogers ʻo ka ʻōlelo aʻo no ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa.
"(ʻO 160 mika) ka mamao liʻiliʻi e hoʻohua ai i nā mea kanu e mālama i waena o nā hana noi manure a hana i nā wahi ulu," wahi a Rogers.
ʻO ka mamao hou a me ka lohi ma waena o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka manure a me ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana e hāʻawi i ka pale hou aku.
ka like puka 'ia ma ka Journal of Environmental Quality. Ua kākoʻo ʻia kēia papahana e ka National Research Initiative Competitive Grant a me ka Agricultural Food and Research Initiative (AFRI) mai ka Ka Papahana Hoʻonaʻauao ʻĀina o ka Meaʻai a me ka Mahiʻai (NIFA)..