ʻIke ʻia kēia ʻatikala i ka hopena o nā lele keʻokeʻo i ka mahiʻai a me nā hoʻolālā hou e hoʻohana ai ka poʻe mahiʻai e hakakā iā lākou. He pest ko'iko'i 'o Whiteflies i hiki ke ho'opō'ino nui i nā mea kanu a alaka'i i ka poho o ka hua. Ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hana mahiʻai hoʻomau a me nā hoʻonā hou, hiki i ka poʻe mahiʻai ke hoʻokele maikaʻi i nā ʻōpala keʻokeʻo a hāpai i kahi ʻoihana mahiʻai hoʻomau.
He mau ʻiniko liʻiliʻi ʻo Whiteflies e ʻai ana ma ka ʻaoʻao lalo o nā lau a hiki ke hōʻeha nui i nā mea kanu. Wahi a kahi hōʻike a ka Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), ʻo ke keʻokeʻo ke kuleana no ka nui o nā pohō a me nā pōʻino waiwai i nā mea kanu he nui, me ka pulupulu, nā mea kanu, a me ka citrus.
ʻO kahi hopena hou no ka hoʻomalu ʻana i nā nalo keʻokeʻo ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea hoʻomalu olaola, e like me nā nalo parasitic a me nā haʻi. Hiki i kēia mau mea hana ke kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka heluna whitefly a e hōʻemi i ko lākou hopena i ka hoʻohua ʻana. Ua ʻike ʻia kahi haʻawina i paʻi ʻia ma ka Journal of Economic Entomology i ka hoʻokomo ʻia ʻana o nā wasps parasitic i hoʻemi nui i ka heluna whitefly i loko o nā tōmato ulu ʻia.
Eia kekahi, ʻo ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hana mahiʻai hoʻomau e like me ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā hua, intercropping, a me ka uhi uhi hiki ke kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka laha ʻana o nā nalo keʻokeʻo a hōʻemi i kā lākou hopena i ka hana ʻana. Ua ʻike ʻia kahi haʻawina i paʻi ʻia ma ka puke pai ʻo Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment ʻo ka intercropping me kekahi mau ʻano mea kanu i hōʻemi i ka nui o nā nalo keʻokeʻo ma nā māla pulupulu a hoʻomaikaʻi i nā hua kanu.
ʻO kekahi ʻano hana hou no ka hoʻomalu ʻana i nā lele keʻokeʻo ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻenehana akamai, e like me nā drones a me nā mea ʻike, hiki ke kōkua i ka poʻe mahiʻai e nānā a mālama pono i ka heluna whitefly. Ua ʻike ʻia kahi haʻawina i paʻi ʻia ma ka Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection ʻo ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā drones no ka palapala ʻāina lewa a me ka nānā ʻana i nā infestations whitefly hiki ke kōkua i ka poʻe mahiʻai e hoʻoholo i nā hoʻoholo maikaʻi e pili ana i ka mālama ʻana i nā pest.
I ka hopena, ʻo ka nalo keʻokeʻo he pest koʻikoʻi i ka mahiʻai, akā me ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā hana mahiʻai hoʻomau a me nā hoʻonā hou e like me nā mea hoʻokele olaola a me nā ʻenehana akamai, hiki i nā mahiʻai ke hoʻokele pono i nā infestly whitefly a hāpai i kahi ʻoihana mahiʻai hoʻomau.
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