Iningi lekhofi emhlabeni litshalwa ezindaweni ezishisayo. Kodwa-ke, isimo sezulu esishintshayo singavumela ikhofi ukuthi likhule enyakatho - ngokwesibonelo, eFlorida.
Ukuze uqonde ukuthi lokho kungase kusebenze kanjani, ososayensi abaneNyuvesi yaseFlorida sebevele betshala izitshalo zekhofi e-UF/IFAS Plant Science Research and Education Unit, cishe imizuzu engama-30 eningizimu yekhempasi enkulu ye-UF eGainesville.
Lolu cwaningo ngolunye usuku lungaveza inkomishi yasekuseni yenjabulo enemvelaphi ku-Sunshine State.
Ukusebenzisana phakathi kwe-UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering kanye ne-UF/IFAS, le phrojekthi ixhaswe ngemali evela ku-USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Isimo sezulu
“Ikhofi yisilimo esithakazelisa umhlaba wonke esivele sibhekene nezinselelo ezinkulu ngenxa yokuguquka kwesimo sezulu. Njengamanje, umhlaba wazi okuncane kakhulu ngezimpande zezitshalo zekhofi, izakhiwo zazo kanye nomsebenzi wazo ngaphansi kwezimo zokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu. Izimpande zingamaphuzu amqoka kulolu hlelo,” kusho uRowland.
Kodwa-ke, izimpande akulula ukufunda - futhi hhayi nje ngoba zingaphansi komhlaba.
"Izindlela eziningi zokufunda izimpande eziphilayo ekugcineni zihilela ukucekela phansi izimpande noma izitshalo ezikhulayo endaweni yokwenziwa yaselabhorethri yokwenziwa," kusho uChris Wilson, uprofesa osizayo we-agroecology emnyangweni we-agronomy, kanye nelungu leqembu locwaningo lwekhofi. UStefan Gerber, uprofesa ohlanganyele emnyangweni wesayensi yenhlabathi namanzi, naye uyingxenye yaleli thimba.
Ukuze baqonde ukuthi ikhofi likhula kanjani ensimini, abacwaningi basebenzisa ama-minirhizotron, amashubhu epulasitiki acacile anamakhamera amancane ngaphakathi. Imishini ibekwe ngaphansi komhlaba eduze kwezitshalo ukuze kuqoshwe izithombe zezimpande zazo.
Ama-Minirhizotron aqoqa ulwazi oluningi kangangokuthi kungathatha isikhathi eside kakhulu ukuthi umuntu ahlunge konke, kusho uRowland.
I-Hyperspectral imaging system
Yingakho ososayensi be-UF/IFAS besebenzisana no-Alina Zare kanye no-Sanjeev Koppal eKolishi Lobunjiniyela ukuze basebenzise ubuhlakani bokwenziwa kanye nobuchwepheshe bokufunda ngomshini ukuthuthukisa nokusheshisa leyo nqubo.
I-Zare izothuthukisa izindlela zobuhlakani bokwenziwa ukuze icubungule ngokuzenzakalelayo futhi iqonde izithombe ze-minirhizotron. I-Koppal izothuthukisa izinhlelo ezintsha zekhompyutha ezisekelwe kumbono we-hyperspectral ukuze ithwebule ulwazi oluthe xaxa ngezimpande nomhlabathi ozizungezile kunalolo olungatholwa ezinhlelweni zamanje ze-minirhizotron.
Le phrojekthi iyisibonelo esisodwa sendlela abacwaningi be-UF abasebenzisa ngayo ubuhlakani bokwenziwa ukuthuthukisa umkhakha wezolimo waseFlorida. Njengengxenye yocwaningo, uZare uthe abacwaningi bazosebenzisa i-supercomputer ye-HiPerGator 3.0 ukuhlola ama-algorithms abawakhayo ukuze bahlaziye idatha evela kuma-minirhizotron. I-HiPerGator 3.0 iyingxenye yobambiswano lwamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-70 phakathi kwe-Nvidia ne-UF futhi izoholela kweminye yale miklamo yocwaningo eqhutshwa yi-AI kuyo yonke inyuvesi.
“Amasethi edatha e-Minirhizotron makhulu ngokwedlulele, adinga ukucutshungulwa kwezithombe eziningi, futhi agcwele ukuhlukahluka okumangalisayo kokulinganisa uma kubhekwa izindawo ezincane ezihilelekile. Zonke lezi zinkinga ziyalungiseka ezindleleni zokufunda ngomshini,” kusho uRowland. "Sikholelwa ukuthi ama-algorithms amanje asathuthukiswa ngokubambisana kwethu azokwazi ukuzenzela futhi asheshise izingxenye ezinkulu zokuqoqwa kwedatha kusuka kudatha ye-minirhizotron."
Ivikelwe yi-citrus
Ama-Minirhizotron azoqoqa idatha evela ezitshalweni zekhofi ezikhula ku-UF/IFAS Plant Science Research and Education Unit, lapho abacwaningi betshale khona ikhofi eduze kwezihlahla zewolintshi ezikhona.
“Ikhofi liyazwela kakhulu emakhazeni, ngakho umcabango wethu bekuwukuzama ukulitshala ngesinye isihlahla esingalikhoselisa. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-citrus Grove inezinhlelo zokuvikela iqhwa ezifakiwe, ezingase zivikele nekhofi,” kusho uRowland.
Ngenkathi abacwaningi betshala ikhofi eceleni kwe-citrus ngezizathu ezisebenzayo njengamanje, inhlanganisela ingase ibe nenzuzo kwezomnotho ngolunye usuku, basho.
“Njengoba besicabanga kabanzi ngakho, besingakwazi futhi ukuhlola inhlanganisela yewolintshi nekhofi njengendlela yokutshala eFlorida - mhlawumbe inketho yesikhathi esizayo abalimi bewolintshi abangase bayicabange. Lokhu kuyindlela yokuphumula - imibuzo ehlukene kanye nokusetshenziswa kwezinto kuzofanele kusetshenzwe - kodwa kufanele kuhlolisiswe, ”kusho uWilson.
Ngaphezu kokuphenya ukuthi izimpande zezitshalo zabo zekhofi zisebenza kanjani, abacwaningi bafuna ukwazi ukuthi ikhofi labo elikhule eFlorida linambitheka kanjani. Bahlela ukugazinga nokwenza inqwaba yokuhlola.
“Iqembu lethu labacwaningi lithole i-micro-batch precision coffee roaster. Kuyasijabulisa ukuzama izindlela ezahlukene zokuwosa kubhontshisi wekhofi esiwukhiqizayo,” kusho uRowland.
Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe:
UF/IFAS
www.ifas.ufl.edu