E like me ka ʻōwili ʻana o New Zealand Spring a me ke kauwela i nā mea kanu uala, pēlā nō ka nui o nā hana pest a me nā mālama maʻi. ʻO kekahi o nā pilikia nui loa no nā mea ulu, ʻo ia ka kaohi o Potato Tuber Moth (PTM). ʻO nā wā maloʻo loa i ʻike ʻia i nā kau i hala iho nei, hoʻonui i ka pilikia, me nā māwae i ka honua e hāʻawi ana i ka manawa kūpono no ka maʻi tuber.
Nānā hou ʻia ʻo Potato Nūhou Nūhou e nānā i nā puke PTM i nā ʻano mana like ʻole e pili ana i kēia pest a kuhikuhi i kahi ala i hoʻohui ʻia i ka hoʻokele PTM. ʻO ka loiloi o nā paʻi ʻepekema mai nā makahiki he 10 i hala aku nei ma ka noiʻi moth tuber moth, kālele nui ʻia i nā koho hoʻokele - e like me nā mea hoʻokipa ʻē aʻe - keu hoʻi i ka hoʻoilo, ke kūpaʻa kemika, nā hoʻolālā IPM - nā hana moʻomeheu a pēlā aku.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo PTM ma ʻAmelika Hema a ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kēia manawa ma nā ʻāina he 90 a puni ka honua.
Hānai ʻo PTM i kahi o nā mea kanu meaʻai, ka hapa nui o ka ʻohana Solanaceae. ʻO nā mea kanu nui i hoʻouka ʻia ʻo kaʻuala (Puʻupuʻu Solanum), ʻōmato (Solanum lycopersicum a i ʻole Lycopersicon esculentum), a me ka paka (ʻO Nicoitana tabacum). I ke ʻano o kaʻuala, hānai nā larvae o PTM i nā tubers a i ʻole nā lau o nā mea kanu ʻuala. ʻO PTM ka mea nui i kahi pest pest potato. ʻAʻole pilikia ka tubers i ʻohiʻohi ʻia, inā mālama maikaʻi ʻia lākou i nā hale kūʻai maikaʻi.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke heluhelu a hoʻoiho i ka hōʻike piha ma PTM ma ka pūnaewele ʻo kaʻuala Niu Sila ma aneʻi https://potatoesnz.co.nz/research-and-development/technical-bulletins/. Ua ʻike ʻia kekahi ʻatikala ma ka nūpepa ʻOkakopa 2020 o ka nūpepa ʻo NZ Grower (Horticulture New Zealand).
No ka 'ike hou aku eʻoluʻolu eʻoluʻolu:
ʻO Gemma Carroll
Luna Hoʻokaʻaʻike & Hoʻopaʻa, Potato NZ
M: 027 2404682
E: Gemma.Carroll@potatoesnz.co.nz
https://thechipgroup.co.nz/
https://potatoesnz.co.nz/
Source: ʻUala Niu Sila a potatonewstoday
Cover photo: Ma ka ʻoluʻolu a Dennis Crawford kiʻi ʻepekema