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ʻO nā ʻokiʻoki, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Agrotis spp., nā mea ʻeha maʻamau e hiki ke hōʻeha nui i nā ʻano mea kanu a me nā mea kanu māla. Ua ʻike ʻia kēia mau larva o nā moth noctuid no ka ʻoki ʻana i nā mea kanu ma ka laina lepo, ka hopena o ka ulu ʻana a me ka emi ʻana o ka hua.
I mea e pale aku ai i nā infestations cutworm, pono e hoʻomaopopo i ko lākou pōʻaiapuni ola a me kā lākou ʻano. ʻOi loa ka ʻeleu o nā cutworms i ka pō a hiki ke ʻike ʻia e ko lākou kala ʻeleʻele a hinahina paha a me ke ʻano o ka wili i ka wā e hoʻopilikia ʻia. Nui lākou i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka pūnāwai a hāʻule i ka wā e maʻalili ai ka wā.
ʻO nā mea e pale ai, ʻo ia ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i nā ʻōpala o nā mea kanu a me nā mauʻu, ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā mea kanu, a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pale kino e like me nā kola a puni ke kumu o nā mea kanu. ʻO Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) a me spinosad nā lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi ʻelua i hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i ka ʻoki ʻoki.
He mea nui e hoʻomaopopo i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lāʻau pesticides hiki ke loaʻa i nā hopena i manaʻo ʻole ʻia, e like me ka pōʻino i nā iniseti maikaʻi a me ke kaiapuni. No laila, he mea koʻikoʻi ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā hoʻolālā hoʻokele pest integrated (IPM) e kālele ana i ka pale ʻana a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻano mea ʻawaʻawa ʻole ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hopena kemika.
ʻO ke kī i ka pale ʻana i kāu māla mai nā cutworms ʻo ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kā lākou ʻano a me ke kaʻina ola, hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā hana pale, a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻano mea ʻawaʻawa ʻole e hoʻomalu i ko lākou heluna kanaka. Ma ka hahai ʻana i kēia mau alakaʻi, hiki iā ʻoe ke hauʻoli i ka ʻohi maikaʻi a me ka nui me ka ʻole o nā hopena ʻino o nā cutworms.