He ʻelua makahiki aʻo ʻia e ke Kulanui o Boise State a me ke Kulanui o Idaho e ʻimi nei i ka hopena o ka uahi ahi i nā hua ʻuala a ʻimi e ʻike i nā ʻano ʻuala paʻa i ka uahi.
Ua ʻike ka poʻe mahiʻai i nā hua ʻuala i ulu ʻia i nā kau kaumaha, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka uahi ahi ahi, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā hua a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. Ua ʻike nā haʻawina i hala i kekahi mau mea uahi, e like me ka ozone, hiki ke hoʻopilikia i ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻuala, akā ua haʻalele ka noiʻi liʻiliʻi i nā pilina kemika kumu i wehewehe ʻole ʻia. Ke ho'āʻo nei kēia hana i ka manaʻo uahi-pōʻino o ka ʻoihana i nā kaiapuni i hoʻomalu ʻia, e ʻae ana i ka poʻe noiʻi e noiʻi i nā hopena o kēlā me kēia pūhui uahi i hāʻawi ʻia i ka hua nui o Idaho.
"Ua hoʻomaka ka nānā ʻana mai ka ʻoihana i kēia mau mea āpau. I ka wā i loaʻa ai iā mākou nā makahiki ʻino, uahi, ua emi nā hua a ua emi ka maikaʻi o ka hana. ʻO kā mākou kuhiakau, ʻo ia ke kumu o ka ʻike ʻana i ka uahi, "wahi a Mike Thornton, he polopeka ma U o ka 'Oihana o Plant Science.
ʻO Thornton lāua ʻo Boise State Chemistry Department Chair Owen McDougal e kālailai ana i nā hopena kemika o ka uahi ma luna o ka ʻuala. Ke loiloi pū nei ka haʻawina inā ʻoi aku ka pale o kekahi mau ʻano ʻuala i ka pōʻino o ka uahi. E hōʻike ka poʻe noiʻi i nā ʻike mua i kēia hoʻoilo ma nā hālāwai ʻoihana ʻuala. Manaʻo ʻia nā hopena piha no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana ma hope o ka ʻohi 2023.
ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka mana o ka uahi ma luna o ka ʻuala e kuhikuhi ana i kahi ʻeke huikau. Manaʻo ʻia kekahi mau mea uahi e hoʻopilikia i nā mea kanu ʻuala, e like me ke kalapona ʻeleʻele a me ke kalapona ʻeleʻele, nā mea hoʻohuihui mea hoʻoheheʻe a me nā spores maʻi. Hoʻemi ka uahi i ka mālamalama i loaʻa a hoʻonui i ka haʻahaʻa o ka pō - e hōʻino ana i nā kūlana kaiapuni no ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻuala. Akā ʻo nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o ka uahi, e like me ka carbon dioxide, hiki ke kūpono i nā mea kanu.
"ʻO kēia ka manawa mua, ma ka liʻiliʻi loa i kā mākou loiloi o ka noiʻi hoʻonaʻauao, ua hoʻāʻo kekahi e hana i kēia ma ka nui," wahi a Thornton.
ʻO ka noiʻi hou e pili ana i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ʻekolu ʻano ʻuala - Clearwater, Alturas a me Russet Burbank - i ka uahi i hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai nā nila pine, sage brush a me ka lāʻau. Puhi ʻia i loko o kahi puhi puhi pāʻoihana i hoʻopili ʻia i kahi pahu hui, hoʻāʻo ka hui ʻana e hoʻohālike i ka uahi ahi ahi. Hoʻopiʻi ʻia ka uahi i nā pā ʻuala, kahi e uhi ai ka plastik i ka uahi me nā mea kanu, aʻo nā mea kanu ʻuala ʻē aʻe e ulu ana i loko o kahi ʻano uahi ʻole e ʻae i nā mea noiʻi e hoʻohālikelike i nā hopena. Ua hoʻomaka ka mālama ʻana i ka uahi ʻuala i kēlā me kēia lā ma ka U o I Parma Research and Extension Center i Iulai 11 a pau i ʻAukake 18.
Kākoʻo ʻia ka papahana ʻelua makahiki e $125,000 mai ka Federal Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, i ʻae ʻia e ke Keʻena ʻOihana Kūʻai ʻo Idaho State.
E mālama ʻo McDougal, ka luna o ka Boise State Food and Dairy Innovation Center, i ka nānā ʻana i nā kemika i nā loli hiki ke ʻike i ka ʻuala mai ka ʻike ʻana i ka uahi. Hana ʻia ka ʻikepili ma hope koke o ka ʻohi ʻana, ma hope o ʻeono mahina i ka mālama ʻana a ma hope o ka lilo ʻana o ka ʻuala i fries hau.
"E haʻi mai ia iā mākou he aha nā ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka mana a me ka ʻuala lapaʻau i hiki iā mākou ke kuhikuhi i nā metabolites - nā kemika i loko o ka ʻuala - hoʻololi ma muli o ka ʻike ʻana i ka uahi," wahi a McDougal.
E hana ʻia ʻo Fries i kālailai ʻia no ka hoʻokolohua ma ka U o I Food Technology Center ma Caldwell.
No ka ʻike ʻana ʻaʻole mālama maikaʻi ka ʻuala ma hope o nā makahiki ahi ahi, ua hāʻawi ʻo McCain Foods i ka ʻike i ka papahana. ʻO nā Lunamakaʻāinana mai U o I, McCain Foods a me Boise State e lawelawe ma ke kōmike aʻoaʻo nāna e mālama i ka papahana noiʻi.
Manaʻo ʻo Thornton i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻano noiʻi like i nā kau e hiki mai ana e hana hou i ke aʻo ʻana i ka uahi me nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe, me nā aniani.
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