ʻIke ʻo Gustavo Teixeira i ke ala maikaʻi loa e hoʻolako ai i nā meaʻai hou aʻe i ka nui o ka heluna kanaka ma ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka meaʻai. Ma ke ʻano he loea kōkua hou a me ka physiologist postharvest potato me University of Idaho's College of Agricultural and Life Science, e hoʻohana ʻo Teixeira i nā ʻenehana ʻepekema holomua e kōkua i nā mea kanu ʻuala ʻo Idaho, nā mea hana a me nā mea lawe moku e hoʻopau i ka liʻiliʻi o nā spuds a lākou e ʻohi ai.
Ua hoʻokō ʻia kona kūlana ma o $1 miliona endowment, mahalo iā Wayne lāua ʻo Peggy Thiessen, ka Idaho Potato Commission, Northwest Farm Credit Services a me McCain Foods.
ʻO Teixeira, ka mea i hoʻomaka e hana ma U o I's Kimberly Research and Extension Center i ka lā 11 ʻApelila, lawe ʻo ia i ka hana no ka mea makemake ʻo ia i ka luʻi i hāʻawi ʻia, me ka manawa i hāʻawi ʻia iā ia e kōkua i ka ʻuala. hana hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia o ka honua maoli.
"I kekahi manawa hiki iā mākou ke hana i ka noiʻi a ʻaʻole pili ka noiʻi me ka ʻoihana. Ua manaʻo wau ua nalo wau i kaʻu ʻoihana, "wahi a Teixeira. "He mea koʻikoʻi ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia hana lima lima, ʻaʻole wale no ka hui pū ʻana me ka ʻoihana, akā no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka noiʻi e pōmaikaʻi ai ka ʻoihana mokuʻāina a mālama i nā kumuwaiwai."
Ua neʻe ʻo ia a me kāna wahine ʻo Izabelle Teixeira i Idaho mai Pasila mai. Ua komo pū ʻo ia i ke kumu kula CALS, e hana pū ana me ke Keʻena ʻOihana holoholona, Veterinary a me Food Science. E komo ʻo ia i ka Idaho Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment a e hana pū me ka Idaho Dairymen's Association.
Ua loaʻa iā ia ke kēkelē laepua ma ka agronomy ma ke Kulanui Federal o Lavras ma Brazil i ka makahiki 1998. A laila ua loaʻa iā ia ke kēkelē laepua ma 2000 a me ka Ph.D. ma 2005, mai Brazil's São Paulo State University (UNESP).
I ka ʻimi ʻana i kāna kauka kauka, ua hana ʻo Teixeira i kāna ʻāpana o kāna mau haʻawina ma ke Keʻena ʻOihana Nui, Queensland ma Australia, e kālele ana i ka mālama ʻana i ka browning i ka carambola hou. Ua lawe pū ʻo ia i kekahi mau papa postharvest ma waho, me nā mea i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ka Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena ma Sepania, e ka Volcani Center ma Israel a me ka Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute ma Malaysia.
Mai 2017 a hiki i 2019, ua hana ʻo ia i kahi sabbatical ma Virginia Tech University ma Blacksburg, Virginia. Ma laila ʻo ia i noiʻi ai i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mycosporine-like amino acids e kāohi i ka photo-oxidation o ke kī. Ua aʻo pū ʻo ia i ka maikaʻi o nā hua ʻāpala i hana ʻia me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana hana maʻamau a me nā ʻōnaehana, i hoʻohuli ʻia e nā kaiāulu microbial ma ka ʻili o nā ʻāpala, e ʻimi i nā ala e hoʻoulu ai i nā kaiāulu olakino no nā pōmaikaʻi ma ka hana ʻoihana a me ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā huaʻai.
Ma hope o ka sabbatical, ua hoʻi ʻo Teixeira i Brazil e lilo i kumu kaukaʻi ma UNESP. Akā ua mahalo ʻia ʻo ia e ka noiʻi mahiʻai ʻAmelika a ʻo kona ʻike i ka US ua hoʻāla i kona makemake e komo i ke kulanui hāʻawi ʻāina. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e ʻimi i nā kūlana ma US
ʻOiai ma mua o kona lā mua ma ka hana ma ke awāwa ʻo Magic, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Teixeira e kākau i nā haʻawina noiʻi. Ua ʻae ʻia kāna hui no ka hāʻawi kālā ma o ka Northwest Potato Research Consortium e loiloi i ka nui o ka hanu ʻana o nā ʻano ʻuala like ʻole i ka mālama ʻana i ʻekolu mau mahana like ʻole. Hoʻopili ʻia ka nui o ka hanu me ka nui o nā spuds wela i waiho ʻia i loko o ka waihona a ʻo ia kekahi o nā kumu he nui e pili ana i ka lōʻihi o ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻuala ma mua o ka emi ʻana o ka maikaʻi.
Pono nā ʻike a Teixeira e kōkua i ke alakaʻi ʻana i nā hoʻoholo hoʻokele o ka wā e hiki mai ana, me ka ʻae ʻana o ka poʻe mahiʻai i ka mālama ʻana i kekahi mau ʻano ʻano i loko o kahi waihona maʻamau.
“E hoʻomaka koke ana ʻo ia e hoʻopili i kahi mea i loaʻa kahi āpau o ka ʻike. … Loaʻa iā mākou nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole a mākou e ulu nei ma Northwest a ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike i nā waiwai hoʻomaha no lākou, "wahi a ke Kulanui o Idaho Extension Potato Specialist Nora Olsen, nāna e hana pū me Teixeira.
Mai ka makahiki 2010, ua hana ʻo Teixeira i nā noiʻi he nui me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka spectroscopy kokoke-infrared, e hoʻohana ana i ka ʻāpana infrared kokoke i ka spectrum electromagnetic a hiki ke kōkua i ka loiloi ʻana i ka maikaʻi o ka meaʻai me ka luku ʻole. Ua hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ka ʻenehana ma ʻEulopa. Hoʻolālā ʻo Teixeira e hui pū me kahi Ph.D. haumāna ma Pasila nāna i hoʻohana i ka ʻenehana no ka loiloi ʻana i nā ʻano ʻuala poni-a-alani-ʻiʻo ma muli o kā lākou ʻike o nā meaʻai e like me nā anthocyanins a me nā carotenoids.
E hele koke ana ka haumāna i Idaho, kahi e hoʻāʻo ai ʻo Teixeira i kāna mau hiʻohiʻona i nā ʻano mea koʻikoʻi ma ke komohana ʻĀkau. Hiki i nā mea hoʻouna ke hoʻohana i ka ʻikepili no ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i ka meaʻai e pili ana i kekahi mau ʻano, hiki iā lākou ke uku i ka uku. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka ʻenehana like e ʻike ai i nā spuds maʻi me ka ʻole e hōʻino iā lākou.
ʻOiai ʻo kāna papa noiʻi piha, ua ʻae ʻo Teixeira e kōkua i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana a me ka hui ʻana i ka International Symposium on Postharvest Technologies to Reduce Food Losses as part of the 31st International Horticultural Congress (IHC2022), i hoʻonohonoho ʻia no ʻAukake 14 ma Angers, Farani.
"Makemake au i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā ʻaha kūkā a me nā hanana," wahi a Teixeira. “Manaʻo wau he manawa maikaʻi kēia no mākou e ʻike i nā kānaka a kamaʻilio pū me nā haumāna. Noʻu, ʻo ia kekahi o nā manawa maikaʻi loa o kā mākou ʻoihana.
Ua hāʻawi ka Thiessens i ka haʻawina no ke kūlana o Teixeira a ua hoʻokūkū i ka IPC e hoʻohālikelike i kā lākou hāʻawi mua.
"Manaʻo wau he mea hopohopo nui ka pilikia o ka mālama ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻuala no nā ʻāpana ʻuala āpau. ʻO ka pahuhopu ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā poho i hiki ke loaʻa i ka wā o ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka maikaʻi maikaʻi loa ma ka haʻalele ʻana i ka waiho ʻana i ka mea hoʻohana hope," wahi a Wayne Thiessen.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo Travis Blacker, ka luna hoʻomalu pili ʻoihana me ka IPC, "I kēlā me kēia makahiki e hōʻiliʻili mākou i 13 biliona paona o ka ʻuala a ʻo ka hapa nui o ia mau mea e hele i loko o ka waihona, no laila he mea nui e mālama mākou i kēia mau mea i nā kūlana maikaʻi loa e hiki ai ke hoʻomau. ke lawe mākou iā lākou mai kahi waiho ʻana a hoʻoponopono iā lākou a i ʻole ʻeke hou.
"Pono mākou i kahi kanaka e aʻo i nā waihona i nā manawa a pau no ka mea he nui ke kālā e noho ana i kēlā mau waihona."
Mea kākau kākau: ʻO John O'Connell, ka Luna Hoʻokele Kokua o nā Kūkākūkā – Koleke o ka Mahiai a me ka ʻEpekema Ola
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