When it comes to polish , computer virus are nothing young . Two years ago , the Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus ( ToBRFV ) broke out in the Dutch greenhouse horticultural sphere . agriculturist struggle to control this member of the tobamovirus family .
For decades now , there ’s been on-going research into disinfection methods to battle tobamoviruses . These virus have been making living difficult for famers for a long time . There has been a proficiency that uses ultrasound against such virus for years . And , according to Kees Luykx of Luykx Ultrasound , also against ToBRFV . " We now have a high - wattage ultrasound transmitter . It combat these tobamoviruses in drainpipe and water supplies . "
Study
Kees sees that grower employ many disinfection method against tobamoviruses . These include those that combat the Tomato Mosaic Virus ( ToMV ) and Tobacco Mosaic Virus ( TMV ) . Many of these techniques have been scientifically search . These survey were done to learn how in force such method are against viruses such as these .
" A2013 studyconsidered various method acting . It look at not only acetic acid , hydrogen peroxide , hydrochloric acid , and sodium hypochlorite . But also dry warmth , a hot water treatment , ozone , and UV disinfection , " Kees says . " UV disinfection was show to be one of the least in force treatments against Tobamoviruses . UV disinfection repress pathogen by between 12 and 27 % . That intend 73 to 88 % of the viruses present remained altogether inviolate after UV discourse . "
fit in to Kees , irradiating viruses through piddle would probably bring about even worse final result . That ’s significant to note because ToBRFV is H2O moveable . That ’s why Luykx ’s focus is on combating the virus in drains and water provision . " ultraviolet radiation luminousness moves with greater difficultness through water system than air . That ’s because of the contaminants that are present in water . "
" Practically , that means drainage weewee arrest computer virus , such as ToBRFV , will contain heavy quantity of viruses , even after UV decontamination . The farmer then reuses this water in the greenhouse . Then , I think it ’s a query of when the computer virus will strike , not if . "
A purview of the virus under an negatron microscope . On the left , it ’s entire ; on the right , post supersonic treatment , it ’s collapse up into small musical composition .
Ultrasonics is nothing new
permit ’s take another looking at at ultrasonic engineering . This was also researched , even as former as1951 . Luykx explains that this showed that ultrasonic speech sound can break up ( tobamo ) viruses . It renders them entirely harmless . " The technique has been around for decades and is still as effective . The simulacrum ( above ) express the TM computer virus , the Tobacco Mosaic Virus . It ’s been broken up and fork out harmless by ultrasound . you may see that on the right field . On the left , before treatment , the virus is still integral . "
Kees , himself , has already done a study using USAF . This is an supersonic technique he modernise . With it , Kees combatted the PIAM virus ( Plantago Asiatica Mosaic Virus ) in lily cultivation . " USAF deliver this virus completely harmless . "
More potent ultrasound
Until now , ultrasound could n’t be used on a virtual scale . " There were n’t any sufficiently potent underwater transmitters . We ’ve now build such a sender . It has a much mellow wattage than the common 100 Watts . This sender emitted a very powerful output . It crusade tobamoviruses effectively in drainage and supply water . That take into account you to rid the water of harmful virus and also other pathogens , such as bacteria and fungus . "
ToBRFV is very troublesome . grant to Luykx , his ultrasonic technology discovery is , therefore , crucial . That ’s for tomato growers who are affected by this computer virus and its threat of infection . But this supersonic method acting can be employed against bacteria and fungus kingdom too .
" USAF can reduce the failure rate triggered by dotty beginning . So , growers get higher yields . That ’s thanks to a lower pathogen count in their supply water . turnover rate increases , and there are few rejects . The USAF equipment can , therefore , pay for itself in no metre . You could have a return on investment within a year , " concludes Kees .
For more entropy : Luykx Ultrasound bv10 Dorsvlegel1648 HX , De Goorn , NLWebsite : www.ultrasoundinfo.nlEmail:[email protected]Kees LuijkxEmail:[email protected]Tel : +31 ( 0 ) 653 512 961
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