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He mea koʻikoʻi nā kāloti i nā meaʻai he nui, e hāʻawi ana i nā pono olakino a me nā meaʻai pono. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo kahi hoʻoweliweli nui i ka ʻoihana kāloti ʻo ia ka weevil kāloti (Listronotus oregonensis), he mea hoʻopōʻino e hiki ke hōʻeha nui i nā mea kanu kāloti. Ma kēia ʻatikala, e ʻimi mākou i ka hoʻomohala ʻana, ka pōʻaiapuni o ke ola, a me nā hopena o nā wīwī kāloti, a me nā ala e hakakā ai i kēia pest.
ʻO nā kāloti weevils kekahi ʻano pipi no ʻAmelika ʻĀkau, ʻike nui ʻia ma nā ʻāpana komohana. Ua ʻike ʻia lākou no ko lākou mau ihu lōʻihi a me nā kino ʻulaʻula-ʻulaʻula, a puka maʻamau lākou i ka hopena o ke kauwela a hiki i ke kauwela. Hoʻomoe nā weevils wahine i kā lākou mau hua ma luna o ka mea kanu kāloti, a ʻai nā larvae i nā aʻa o ke kāloti, e hōʻemi ana i ka ulu ʻana a hōʻemi i ka hua.
ʻO ka hopena o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka wīwī kāloti hiki ke hōʻeha i ka poʻe mahiʻai kāloti. ʻO ka emi ʻana o ka hua a me ka ulu ʻana o ka mea kanu hiki ke alakaʻi i nā poho waiwai nui, a hiki i ka pōʻino ke hoʻolilo i nā kāloti i kūpono ʻole ke kūʻai aku a ʻai ʻole.
ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, nui nā ʻano hana e pale aku ai i nā weevils kāloti. ʻO kekahi ala, ʻo ia ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pahele pheromone e hopu ai i nā weevils makua ma mua o ka hiki ʻana iā lākou ke hoʻohua i ka mea kanu kāloti. ʻO kekahi ala ʻē aʻe ʻo ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā insecticides, ʻoiai hiki i kēia ala ke hoʻopōʻino i ke kaiapuni a hiki ke loaʻa i nā hopena maikaʻi ʻole i nā pepeke pono ʻē aʻe.
He ala maikaʻi nō hoʻi ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka huaʻai no ka pale ʻana i nā maʻi wīwī kāloti. Ma ke kanu ʻana i nā mea kanu like ʻole ma ka māla hoʻokahi i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ʻaʻole hiki i nā weevils ke hoʻokumu i kahi noho mau i ka lepo. Eia kekahi, ʻo ke kanu ʻana i nā ʻano kāloti kū i ka weevils hiki ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā maʻi.
ʻO ka weevil kāloti he mea hoʻopōʻino nui e hoʻoweliweli i nā mea kanu kāloti. Eia nō naʻe, me nā ʻenehana hoʻokele kūpono a me ka pale ʻana, hiki i ka poʻe mahiʻai ke hōʻemi i ka hopena o nā infestations a pale i kā lākou mau mea kanu mai kēia pest pōʻino.