Manje njengoba sesingene emadolweni ngenkathi yama-strawberry, abalimi abaningi bakweleta u-Clyde Fraisse kanye no-Natalia Peres isikweletu sokubonga. Cishe eminyakeni eyishumi edlule, uPeres wabona isidingo sethuluzi lokusekela isinqumo sokubulala isikhunta. Abalimi bafutha cishe isonto ngalinye ukuze balawule izifo zama-strawberry ezaziwa nge-anthracnose ne-botrytis ngesikhathi sokukhula, esiqala ngoNovemba kuya kuNdasa eFlorida.
U-Peres, uprofesa we-UF/IFAS wezifo zezitshalo, wayazi ukuthi ukufafaza okusekelwe ekhalendeni kumosha imali yomlimi futhi kwaholela ekwengezeni kwengozi yokumelana nezibulala-sikhunta. Ngakho-ke, waya kuFraisse, uprofesa we-UF/IFAS wobunjiniyela bezolimo nemvelo.
UFraisse nethimba lakhe basebenzisa izindlela ezintsha ze-agrometeorological ukuthuthukisa ithuluzi elisekelwe kuwebhu elakhululwa ngo-2011 kusetshenziswa izinhlobo zezifo ezakhiwe uPeres neqembu lakhe. Eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Strawberry Advisory System (SAS), isebenzisa idatha efana nezinga lokushisa nokuba manzi kwamaqabunga ukuze itshele abalimi ukuthi kufanele bafafaze nini isibulala-sikhunta.
Phakamisa phambili cishe iminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye, futhi manje, i-World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ibone uFraisse ngomsebenzi wakhe wokuthuthukisa uhlelo lokusebenza, olunikeza abalimi izexwayiso eziqonde ngqo kumaselula abo noma amakhompyutha mayelana nesikhathi sokufutha isikhunta esibeka engcupheni izitshalo zabo.
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