I-Salicornia Europaea, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-Glasswort, isitshalo se-halophyte esithandwa kakhulu kwezolimo ngenxa yekhono laso lokukhula ezindaweni ezinosawoti. Lesi sihloko sihlola ukusetshenziswa okuhlukahlukene kwe-Salicornia Europaea kwezolimo, okuhlanganisa njenge-feedstock ye-biofuel kanye nokudla kwemfuyo, umthombo wezinhlanganisela zenani eliphezulu, kanye nethuluzi le-phytoremediation.
I-Salicornia Europaea isitshalo esiyingqayizivele esichuma ezindaweni ezinosawoti lapho ezinye izitshalo zilwela ukuphila. Ngokocwaningo olwanyatheliswa kuyi-Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, i-Salicornia Europaea iqukethe amazinga aphezulu e-lipids nama-carbohydrates, okwenza kube ukudla okukhangayo kokukhiqizwa kwe-biofuel. Ukwengeza, okuqukethwe kwamaprotheni amaningi kulesi sitshalo kusenza sibe umthombo omuhle kakhulu wokudla kwemfuyo.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Salicornia Europaea iwumthombo ocebile wamakhompiyutha anenani eliphakeme, njengama-antioxidants nama-omega-3 fatty acids, aqhubeka edingeka kakhulu embonini yemithi neyomsoco. Ikhono lesitshalo lokumunca izinsimbi ezisindayo nezinye izinto ezingcolisa umhlabathi nasemanzini kuyenza ibe ithuluzi elibalulekile le-phytoremediation.
Sengiphetha, i-Salicornia Europaea inokusetshenziswa okuningi kwezolimo futhi inikeza isixazululo esithembisayo sezinselele zokuvikeleka kokudla namandla lapho ibhekene nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu. Ngokusebenzisa izakhiwo ezihlukile zesitshalo, abalimi, izazi zezolimo namahlathi, nonjiniyela bezolimo bangatshala i-Salicornia Europaea ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nesidingo esikhulayo sezolimo ezisimeme neziqinile.
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