ʻOiai hiki i ka kukui LED ke hoʻonui i ka ulu ʻana o nā mea kanu i loko o nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo, pono nā kūlana e hoʻoholo i ka ikaika a me nā kala o ka mālamalama, e like me ka noiʻi ʻo Rutgers e hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka ikehu o nā huahana kukui horticultural.
He nui nā hui kukui e kūʻai aku i kā lākou mau huahana LED (light-emitting diode) me nā koi no ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi "mea ʻai māmā" maikaʻi loa e hui pū ʻia me nā lōʻihi hawewe a me nā kala kala, e like me ka ratio 4-a-1 ʻulaʻula a i ka polū ma ka spectrum. (nā kala o ke ānuenue). Hoʻohana pinepine ka poʻe ʻepekema mea kanu i kēia ʻike e loiloi i nā hopena kūpono o nā kukui i ka ulu a me ka ulu ʻana o nā mea kanu. Akā ʻaʻole hemahema nā kaʻina hana maʻamau e pili ana i ka helu ʻana i kēia mau ratios, e like me kahi noiʻi e paʻi koke ʻia ma ka puke pai Acta Horticulturae.
"ʻO ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā kumu kukui hoʻohui, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā mea kanu uila e hoʻopau i kā lākou mau mea kanu," wahi a ka mea kākau kiʻekiʻe. AJ laua, he polopeka a me ka loea hoʻonui i ka ʻenekinia kaiapuni hoʻomalu i ka Keʻena ʻepekema Kaiapuni i ka Kula Kaiapuni a me Koolaola at Ke Kulanui ʻo Rutgers–New Brunswick. "Ke manaʻo nei mākou e kōkua i ka hana ʻana i nā mea kanu i loko i ʻoi aku ka hoʻomau a me ke kumukūʻai."
ʻO ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ikehu hiki ke loaʻa ka hopena nui ma ka laina lalo, a ʻo ka ʻike e pili ana i nā hoʻolālā kukui hua hou e kōkua i ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana mahiʻai i loko, wahi a lāua ʻelua.
I loko o nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me nā kaiapuni i hoʻomalu ʻia, hoʻohana ʻia nā kukui uila e hoʻohui i ka lā a hoʻonui i nā manawa kukui e hana i nā mea kanu horticultural, e like me nā mea kanu, nā pua a me nā mea kanu, e like me ka a ʻO ka haʻawina mua i alakaʻi ʻia e ʻelua. Hāʻawi nā holomua hou i ka ʻenehana LED hoʻoikaika ikaika i ka ʻoihana horticultural me nā koho kukui he nui. Akā ʻaʻole hiki i nā mea ulu ke hoʻohālikelike maʻalahi i nā ʻenehana a me nā koho LED ma muli o ka nele o ka ʻikepili kūʻokoʻa e pili ana i ka hana ʻana o nā kukui. Ua alakaʻi ʻia kēlā haʻawina i kahi lepili huahana i manaʻo ʻia e hiki ai ke hoʻohālikelike i nā kukui ma waena o nā mea hana.
Ke hoʻomau nei nā mea ʻelua a me nā hoa hana i ka loiloi kūʻokoʻa i nā metric hana e like me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mana, ka pono, ka ikaika o ka māmā a me ke kumu hoʻohele māmā a me ka haʻi ʻana i kēlā ʻike i nā mea kanu ʻoihana. Ua hāʻawi nā holomua hou i nā manawa e hoʻomalu pono ai i ka mālamalama mai nā kukui LED a e aʻo i kā lākou hopena i ka ulu ʻana a me ka ulu ʻana o nā mea kanu, e like me ka noiʻi a ʻelua. Hana pū lāua me kāna hui me nā mea ʻepekema mea kanu e aʻo ana i ka hopena o ka mālamalama i nā mea kanu i ulu ʻia no ka meaʻai a i ʻole nā mea kanu nani.
Manaʻo ka haʻawina hou i ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi spectroradiometer, kahi mea hana e ana i ka puka māmā ma waena o kahi kikoʻī o nā lōʻihi nalu. Me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ia mea kani, hiki ke helu ʻia nā ʻano māmā like ʻole. Ua hōʻike ka poʻe noiʻi i nā ʻokoʻa nui o nā lakio māmā e hoʻohālikelike ana i ka lā me nā kukui maʻamau, me ka LED, ka sodium kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe, nā kukui a me nā kukui fluorescent i hoʻohana ʻia no ke kukui mea kanu. Manaʻo ka poʻe noiʻi e kōkua kā lākou hana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā wehewehe maʻamau no nā puʻupuʻu nalu kūikawā (nā lōʻihi o nā nalu) i mea nui no ka ulu a me ka ulu ʻana o nā mea kanu.
ʻO Timothy Shelford ka mea kākau alakaʻi o ka noiʻi hou, he loea noiʻi hapa manawa ma Rutgers e hana pū ana ma ke Kulanui ʻo Cornell. Ua kōkua pū ʻo Claude Wallace, he haumāna puka ʻo Rutgers a he limahana manawa manawa, i ke aʻo ʻana.Hoʻohana ʻia nā kukui LED keʻokeʻo e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hana basil i loko o ka hale kōmaena.Kiʻi: AJ Both/Rutgers University-New Brunswick