04/16/18 - Newly Published Research Reveals More About Rapid `Ohi`a Death - And Establishes First Plant Pathogens To Receive Hawaiian Names
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DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News Release DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON DAVID LESSNER PRESIDENT For Immediate Joint News Release April 16, 2018 NEWLY PUBLISHED RESEARCH REVEALS MORE ABOUT RAPID `OHI`A DEATH - AND ESTABLISHES FIRST PLANT PATHOGENS TO RECEIVE HAWAIIAN NAMES (HILO) - Researchers in Hawai`i, working with national and international specialists, have published a paper providing new insight into the origin and development of the tree disease called Rapid `Ohi`a Death (ROD). Scientists at the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the University of Hawai`i worked with colleagues at the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute at the...