In a city that venerates the bold and the beautiful, the Dept. of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences was right at home with its world-premiere presentation of two new anthurium varities: the Cathy Rulloda and the Phil Rulloda. Featured by Team Hawaiʻi (CTAHR and the Hawaiʻi...

Pent-up demand for professional gatherings was on full display as the Dept. of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences headed to Da Windy City for the Annual Conference of the American Society for Horticultural Science.

Dust off the putter and squeeze into those plaid pants, because the CTAHR Alumni & Friends Golf Tournament is just two months away! The inaugural fundraiser will be held Friday, October 21, at Pearl Country Club, Oʻahu. CTAHR Alumni & Friends have come together to...

Interested in local food products made or grown in Hawaiʻi? CTAHR’s Food Systems Working Group is holding a virtual forum about Hawaiʻi food businesses, highlighting CTAHR projects that connect food to table.THIS Thursday, September 15, High noon (12:00 p.m.)

Hawaiʻi’s heavy dependence on imported foods also means we experience periods with a higher degree of uncertainty over the availability of products. For example, due to our increasing reliance on grain as a source of carbohydrates, crippling shortages can occur if the supply from California...

With more hala trees in Waikiki becoming infested with the hala scale, KHON-2 TV and Hawaiʻi Public Radio consulted the expertise of Zhiqiang Cheng and his PhD student, Mason Russo, of the Dept. of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences.

Registration for the latest ʻExtension in the Garden Seriesʻ workshop was so popular that Tina Lau and Jensen Uyeda had to book a second segment to accommodate the eager crowd. Guests joined Extension agents as they discussed static hydroponics container gardening and learned how to start...

Honua Highlights was the portion of the first-ever in-person Laulima Symposium when attendees could take the main stage – and Kent Kobayashi seized the day. “I was excited to share what controlled environment agriculture is and how it can help in growing crops for food security and...

How do urban trees impact the health of our waters, land, and communities? Which trees might be best for future climate scenarios? Which towns, neighborhoods, schools, and parks should be prioritized for tree plantings? How and where does Indigenous resource stewardship impact urban trees?

Hybridization between animal species is traditionally thought to be a rare event in nature, and generally results in sterile offspring (e.g., horse + donkey = mule). But in the latest edition of the journal Scientific American, Dan Rubinoff of the Dept. of Plant and Environmental...

When the media come calling, CTAHR faculty must truly be ready to handle questions from left field. Two days ago, KHON-2 TV interviewed Melissa Price of the Dept. of Natural Resources & Environmental Management. And their big question was, “What kind of danger or damage to the ecosystem...

With great pride, the Urban Garden Center in Pearl City has re-started its “Extension in the Garden” series. Once a month, we will host a walking tour to showcase the most recent work of CTAHR agricultural scientists, Extension educators, Master Gardeners, and UGC volunteers. Field...

As a third-year PhD student in Dr. Zhiqiang Cheng’s Turf and Landscape pest management laboratory, I had the distinct honor of joining Dr. Cheng and my fellow grad student David Honsberger to attend the 26th edition of the International Congress of Entomology in Helsinki, Finland, this past...

Cooperative Extension is proud to present a virtual workshop on the benefits or using integrated pest management (IPM) to help diagnose, prevent, and control banana bunchy top virus in Hawaiʻi. Registration is free, and “Benefits of IPM Practices & Sustainable Strategies for BBTV...

Dust off the putter and squeeze into those plaid pants, because the CTAHR Alumni & Friends Golf Tournament is just two months away! The inaugural fundraiser will be held Friday, October 21, at Pearl Country Club, Oʻahu. CTAHR Alumni & Friends have come together to...

Farmers who can leverage all the latest financial tools, are already taking advantage of every federal and state incentive available, and aren’t a bit worried about their bottom line bottoming out need not apply.

The coconut rhinoceros beetle is a major invasive pest that’s hungry for not just...

When two fruit flies look very different, it’s logical to conclude they’re from two different species, correct? Au contraire, monsieur. A new study by the Dept. of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, using genomic sequence data, shows that what was previously thought...

The journal Animals has awarded its 2022 Best Paper to Rajesh Jha and his grad students Razib Das, Sophia Oak, and Pravin Mishra, all of the Dept. of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences. Congrats! Their paper, “Probiotics (Direct-fed microbials) in poultry nutrition and their...

Dust off the putter and squeeze into those plaid pants, because the CTAHR Alumni & Friends Golf Tournament is just two months away! The inaugural fundraiser will be held Friday, October 21, at Pearl Country Club, Oʻahu. CTAHR Alumni & Friends have come together to...

You are invited to the Family Education Training Center of Hawaiʻi’s (FETCH) Open House!

• Friday, August 26, 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.
• Hale Tuahine, 2727 Woodlawn Drive (next to Magoon Research Facility, across from Longs Drugs in Mānoa Marketplace)
• Free...

Constantly digging in the dirt as a kid, I’m not sure when I first became passionate about plants. It just seemed natural from the ground up, surely budding in my heart. My first jobs shed light into the puzzling plant kingdom, in the form of lawn care and landscaping work in the Sunshine...

Join the Oʻahu Master Gardeners at the Urban Garden Center in Pearl City and learn about low-water use gardening with succulents at its Water-Wise Gardening Workshop. The morning event will give participants a glimpse into a low-water use garden, which can lead to bigger projects that enhance...

‘Olena, or turmeric, is a culinary and medicinal plant grown primarily in subtropical and tropical regions but used by cultures across the globe. In Hawai‘i, turmeric is a specialty crop valued at more than $1M with significant interest in organic cultivation. Although local producers...