Bafuputsi Univesithing ea North Carolina State ba thehile Plant Armor, "lihlomo tsa limela" tsa masela tse etsang hore likokoanyana li tsamaee har'a maze haeba li leka ho fihla semela, ho latela Phys.org.
Litaba tsena li tla khahla bahlahisi ba litapole tsa peo tse phetseng hantle ba li lemang ka sekhukhu tšimong kapa li-greenhouses.
Ho itšetlehile ka liphello tsa liteko, bafuputsi ba boletse hore Plant Armor e ka ba mokhoa o sebetsang haholoanyane, o se nang lik'hemik'hale bakeng sa tšireletso ea likokoanyana.
"Re fumane hore theknoloji ena e ncha e ka sebelisoa ho sireletsa khahlanong le likokoanyana," ho boletse sengoli sa pele sa thuto Grayson Cave, setsebi sa postdoctoral Profinseng ea North Carolina. "Re bontšitse hore re ka sebelisa mochine o thibelang likokoana-hloko o tla sireletsa li-thrips mohlomong le likokoanyana tse ling, e leng se lumellang semela ho hlahisa chai e ntle."
Pejana, lisebelisoa tse koahelang limela li ne li etselitsoe ho qhelela likokoanyana ka thoko ka lebaka la boholo ba tsona, joalo ka lifensetere tsa lifensetere, bafuputsi ba re. Leha ho le joalo, leano lena le ka ba bothata ha u leka ho thibela likokoanyana tse nyenyane tse kang li-thrips tsa koae, tse ka bang boholo ba ntlha ea pentšele.
"Ho qhelela ka thoko likokoanyana tse hlileng li leng nyane ho sebelisa mekhabiso ea sekoaelo sa masela, boholo ba masoba bo tlameha ho ba bo nyane hoo bo thibelang ho kenella ha metsi, moea le mongobo," ho boletse Mike Roe, mofuputsi e moholo thutong eo, William Neil Reynolds. , moprofesa ea ntseng a tsoela pele oa thuto ea likokoanyana. "Re ile ra tlameha ho tla ka tsela e fapaneng."
Ho finyella sena, bafuputsi ba ile ba hlahisa lesela le nang le likarolo tse tharo tse tharo tse amanang le tšebeliso ea likhoele tse bonaletsang ka ntle le ka hare. Likhoele, tse ka etsoang ka polasetiki e nchafalitsoeng, li ntse li kenya khanya ea letsatsi empa li thibela likokoanyana hore li se ke tsa kena limela. Lera le khethehileng le ka hare le koaletsoe ka perpendicular ho likarolo tse peli tse ka ntle, ho theha sebopeho sa labyrinthine ka har'a Plant Armor.
"Tabeng ena, kokoanyana e tlameha ho tseba hore na e ka feta joang har'a maze ho ea fihla semela se ka lehlakoreng le leng," Rowe o itse. - Tortuosity e etsa hore ho be thata ho feta. Kokoanyana ena e na le nako e itseng ea ho fumana lijo, ho seng joalo e tla shoa.”
Tekong ea pele ho tse tharo, bafuputsi ba fumane hore likokoanyana li nka nako e telele ho fihla semeleng. Ba behile lekhasi la k'habeche le li-thrip tse 10 tsa koae ka har'a sejana sa petri, ba li arola ka Plant Armor le lintho tse ling tse koahelang. Ho nkile li-thrips tse hlano lihora tse ka bang tharo ho feta Plant Armor, ha likokoanyana tse ling li ile tsa qeta nako e le 'ngoe ka metsotso e 12 feela.
Tekong e tšoanang ea pina, moralo ona o ne o batla o sebetsa ka 90% ho thibela Plant Armor ho tšela ka lihora tse 12.
Teko ea ho qetela e ne e le teko ea tšimo ea likhoeli tse tharo ea Plant Armor ka ntle, e sebelisa thepa e le sekoahelo bakeng sa sethopo sa sethopo. Bafuputsi ba fumane hore limela tse koahetsoeng ka Plant Armor li ne li le kholoanyane ka karolelano; boima ba k'habeche tlas'a Plant Armor bo ne bo batla bo phahame ka makhetlo a mararo ho feta taolo.
Bafuputsi ba lumela hore Plant Armor e ka ba khetho e ntle ho feta lisebelisoa tse tloaelehileng tsa ho koahela lijalo tsa boleng bo holimo joalo ka morara. Liphuputsong tse tlang, ba boetse ba batla ho fumana hore na ho roala ho ka sebelisoa ho sireletsa lijalo tlas'a maemo a feteletseng le phetoho ea boemo ba leholimo.
"Karolo ea seo re se etsang ke ho batla lisebelisoa tse ncha tsa ho koahela," ho boletse sengoli-'moho le eena Andre West, motlatsi oa moprofesa oa tsamaiso ea masela, liaparo le theknoloji ho NC State le motsamaisi oa Zeis Textiles Extension. "Re nahana hore khetho ena e ka thusa lihoai tse maemong a boima."