Njengamanje, uma udla isitrobheli saseFlorida, kungenzeka ukuthi izonambitheka kahle kakhulu. Akuyona ingozi leyo. Amajikijolo asesikhathini sonyaka, futhi lawo owabona esitolo kufanele athunyelwe futhi afakwe emazingeni okushisa afanele, kusho usosayensi waseYunivesithi yaseFlorida.
Ochwepheshe bagcizelela igama elithi “kufanele” ngoba, ukuze uqiniseke ukuthi isithelo sisezingeni eliphezulu, akufanele wephule lokho okubizwa ngokuthi “iketango elibandayo,” kusho uJeff Brecht, uprofesa we-UF/IFAS wesayensi yezolimo kanye nochwepheshe Bokunwetshwa.
I-cold chain ibhekisela ochungechungeni lokuhlinzekwa kokudla - ukusuka emapulazini kuya ezitolo ezinkulu - futhi isebenza emikhiqizweni edinga ukufakwa esiqandisini. Amaloli athutha izithelo - kulokhu, ama-strawberry - azungeze izwe kanye nezwe lonke, futhi njengoba enza kanjalo, azama ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ama-strawberries ahlala ebanda, kusho uBrecht.
Lapho isithelo siqala ukufudumala, ama-strawberry alahlekelwa omunye ushukela wawo, amavithamini nama-antioxidants futhi angalimaza kalula futhi abole, kusho ososayensi.
Ezinye izitolo zegrosa zincamela ukukhombisa ama-strawberry anezinga lokushisa elilingana negumbi, kodwa lawo mazinga okushisa afudumele ngokuvamile azoholela kumasitrobheni angahlali isikhathi eside ezindlini zabathengi, kusho uBrecht.
UBrecht kanye no-Ismail Uysal, uprofesa weNyuvesi yaseNingizimu Florida wezobunjiniyela bakagesi, babambisane ocwaningweni olusanda kushicilelwa oluthole izindawo ochungechungeni lokudla lapho ama-strawberry ayethola ukufudumala kunamadigri angama-34 afanele.
Ocwaningweni, abacwaningi bafake ama-thermometer e-electronic ukulandelela amazinga okushisa kuma-strawberry pallets kusukela ekuvuneni kuya esitolo segrosa. Ama-thermometers aqopha amazinga okushisa kuma-pallet futhi awadlulisele ngamasignali omakhalekhukhwini.
Izimpahla ezimbili zasuka ePlant City zayiswa kwamanye amadolobha aseFlorida naseGeorgia. Okunye ukuthunyelwa okune kuvela eSalinas, eCalifornia - isifunda sezolimo esikhiqiza kakhulu eCalifornia - siya eMaryland, ePennsylvania, eVirginia, eSouth Carolina naseNyakatho Carolina.
Abacwaningi bathole izindawo ku-supply chain lapho amazinga okushisa ayefudumele kakhulu. Ngezinye izikhathi kwakungesikhathi sokuthutha; ngezinye izikhathi ezindaweni zokugcina izimpahla; ngezinye izikhathi ngesikhathi sokulayisha nokugcinwa futhi ngezinye izikhathi siboniswa ezitolo zegrosa.
Besebenzisa ababekutholile ekuhlolweni kwemikhumbi, ososayensi bagcina ama-strawberry elebhu kaBrecht e-UF eGainesville. Lapho, abacwaningi bakha kabusha izimo zokuthunyelwa kwemikhumbi futhi baqapha nekhwalithi yesithelo. Ngale nqubo, abacwaningi babhala imiphumela emibi kuma-strawberries lapho iketango elibandayo liphukile.
Imininingwane evela ocwaningweni iphinde itshele amaphuzu e-Brecht kanye ne-Uysal lapho bengafundisa khona abalimi, izinkampani zezokuthutha, kanye negrosa mayelana nokuthi yini abangayenza ukuze bagcine amazinga okushisa ephansi e-supply chain.
Njengoba beqhubekela phambili, ososayensi basebenzela ekuthuthukiseni amamodeli okufunda ngomshini angabikezela ngokuthembekile ukudayiswa kwama-strawberries esikhathini esizayo kusukela ezimweni zokushisa abachayeke kuzo eketangeni elibandayo - kusukela ekuvuneni kuze kufike esitolo.
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