UDirk Hay ungungoti wezitshalo zezitshalo eMnyangweni Wezesayensi Yomhlaba Nesayensi Yezitshalo eTexas A & M AgriLife Research Experimental Station. Iphrojekthi yakhe yakamuva isebenzisa i-radar yolwandle olujulile ukukhetha izinhlobo zamazambane ezivuthwa kusenesikhathi, ezingasiza abalimi ukuthola ukuthi ukuvuna kuqala nini futhi kuthuthukise ukusebenza kahle kokunisela kwamanzi.
Abahwebi besikhungo esifanayo, uCreighton Miller no-Isabelle Valais, bayabamba iqhaza kulo msebenzi. Njengamanje, ukuzalaniswa kwamazambane endabuko kungaqala ngemigqa yabazali abayizinkulungwane ezingama-80 ezigabeni zokuqala zokukhethwa, futhi yonke imigqa ivunwa ezinsukwini ezingama-120 ngemuva kokutshala. Uma ufuna ukukhetha izinhlobo zokuqala, isibonelo, ezikhula ngezinsuku ezingama-90 noma ezingama-110, udinga ukusakaza le migqa kaningana ukuthola inani elanele lokutshala.
Ukusakazwa kwemifino yamazambane kanye nesidingo sokumba isivuno kuqinisa kakhulu ukutshala kwezinhlobo zokuqala. Ukusetshenziswa kwe-radar esekujuleni kolwandle kwenza kube nokwenzeka ukuthola isithombe sezilimo eziyizigaxa ezitholakala enhlabathini, futhi ngaphandle kokuzimba, ukubala ukuhambisana kokuhambelana kwesithombe ngenani langempela lama-tubers. Uma ufisa, ungathola imbalelwano engu-1: 1 phakathi kwesithombe esidijithali se-tuber nesisindo sawo sangempela. Ukusetshenziswa kwale ndlela yokulinganisa imigqa kungenza lula kakhulu futhi kwandise ukusebenza kahle kokuhlola nokukhethwa kwemigqa ngayinye.
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