Manyan jami'ai uku na Virginia Tech sun yi bincike kan yadda jirage marasa matuka za su iya gano danshin kasa don aikin aji a Makarantar Kula da Tsirrai da Kimiyyar Muhalli na Farfesa Kang Xia na Kulawa da Nazarin Muhalli.
Matt Darrah, Grady Hesse, da Ryan Humphry na kungiyar Makarantar Kimiyyar Tsirra da Muhalli An gabatar da aikin noma daidai gwargwado a matsayin aikin gudanarwa inda ake aika na'urorin bincike masu zaman kansu don tattara samfuran ƙasa da ƙasa don gano wuraren da ke buƙatar ƙarin kayan abinci akai-akai.
"Mun ga akwai aikin da aka yi a baya tare da jirage marasa matuka don duba bambance-bambance a cikin ciyayi, amma ba mu ga wani abu ba game da hasashen matakan danshin ƙasa da abubuwan da ke cikin ƙasa," in ji Hesse, na Berryville, Virginia, wanda ya kammala karatun kimiyyar muhalli. .
Sun yi tunanin ko za a iya maimaita wannan da jirgi mara matuki.
"Hakan na iya zama abin ban tsoro," in ji Darrah, na Las Vegas, Nevada, kuma wanda ya kammala karatun kimiyyar muhalli. "A saman shi kasancewa mai sanyi don tashi jiragen sama, mun yi tunanin za mu iya shiga cikin bincike mai yuwuwar juyin juya hali a matsayin masu karatun digiri."
Binciken ya bincika Indexididdigar Tsirrai Daidaitacce (SAVI) da Indexididdigar Tsarin Tsire-tsire na Al'ada (NDVI), fihirisa guda biyu na ƙasa, waɗanda aka tattara daga jirage marasa matuƙa don tantance matakan danshin ƙasa maras tushe.
Wannan aikin ilmantarwa na gwaji ya ƙunshi fannoni daban-daban a cikin Kwalejin Noma da Kimiyyar Rayuwa. Makarantar da ke da hannu tare da aikin ɗalibin sun haɗa da Song Li, masanin farfesa a Makarantar Shuka da Kimiyyar Muhalli wanda ya ƙware a ci gaba da fasahar genomics da fasahar firikwensin, Sanaz Shafian, mataimakin farfesa a Makarantar Shuka da Kimiyyar Muhalli, Shawn Jadrnicek, manajan gona na Gidan Gida na Virginia Tech, da Xia. Li, Shafian, da Xia suna da alaƙa da sashen Cibiyar Ƙirƙirar Ƙirƙirar Ƙirƙirar Noma.
Homefield Farm, haɗin gwiwa tsakanin Sabis na Abincin Abinci da Kwalejin Aikin Noma da Kimiyyar Rayuwa da kuma aikin ƙwararrun ƙwararru kawai mallakar wata jami'a a Virginia, ita ce wurin binciken ɗaliban. Gidan gona mai kadada shida, yana da nisan mil takwas yamma da harabar Blacksburg kuma yana ba da kusan fam 50,000 na sabbin kayan abinci zuwa wuraren cin abinci da filin gona na Homefield a harabar. Gona wani bangare ne na Virginia Tech's Aikin gona na Kwalejin, wanda kuma ya haɗa da gonar Kentland.
"Tare da duk taimakon malamai da ma'aikatan da ke ciki, ya sanya wannan aikin bincike mai ma'ana a gare mu," in ji Darrah.
Daliban sun yanke shawarar cewa ana buƙatar ƙarin aiki akan wannan gaba, musamman samar da indices masu dacewa don kadarorin ƙasa, gami da danshin ƙasa. Su ukun sun gano cewa alaƙar da ke tsakanin saitunan bayanan su na NDVI da SAVI ba su da mahimmanci kuma ba su da ƙarfi don ingantaccen amfani.
A ƙarshen semester, ƙungiyar - tare da sauran ɗaliban da ke cikin kwas - sun raba waɗannan sakamakon da binciken ta hanyar Zuƙowa. Kungiyar ta tattauna hotunansu na iska, yadda suka daidaita sakamakon, da sauransu.
“Abin da na fi so a cikin aikin shi ne lokacin da muka ga sakamakonmu,” in ji Humphry, daga Yorktown, Virginia, kuma wanda ya kammala karatun kimiyyar muhalli. "Mun ga cewa za mu iya yin daidai a wasu bangarori kuma muna kuskure a wasu. Amma ina tsammanin yana da ban sha'awa kawai ganin abin da muka sami damar cim ma a cikin semester guda ɗaya yayin bala'i. "
- Max Esterhuizen, Jami'ar Fasaha ta Virginia
Matt Darrah, Grady Hesse, da Ryan Humphry suna shirin tashi da jirgi mara matuki a Gidan Gida don auna danshin ƙasa. Hoto: Ladabi na Darrah, Hesse da Humphry