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Wang, Koon-Hui

Professor & Chair  


Email:  koonhui@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-2455
Special Skills and Knowledge:  

Cover cropping, nematology, soil health management, agroecology, sustainable pest management
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Aigbedion-Atalor, Pascal

Assistant Specialist  


Email:  atalor@hawaii.edu
Phone:  969-8251
Special Skills and Knowledge:  

insect ecology, biological control, chemical ecology, arthropod-plant interactions, integrated pest management, thermal biology, species distribution modelling
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Akahoshi, Kiersten

Junior Extension Agent  


Email:  Kiersten@hawaii.edu
Phone:  969-8229
Special Skills and Knowledge:  

Department of Hawaiian Home Lands homesteaders
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Alvarez, Anne M

Plant Pathologist, Emeritus  


Email:  alvarez@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-7764
Special Skills and Knowledge:  

Plant Pathology - Diagnostic methods and population diversity; bacterial diseases of anthurium, ginger, cabbage, tomato and other vegetable crops; epidemiology and disease management
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Arif, Mohammad

Associate Researcher  


Email:  arif@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-7765
Special Skills and Knowledge:  

Phytobacteriology; Population Genetics; Bacterial Genomics and Evolution, Host-bacterial interactions; Microbial Forensics and Molecular Diagnostics
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Bloese, Joanna

Assistant Specialist  


Email:  bloese@hawaii.edu
Phone:  969-8225
Special Skills and Knowledge:  

Entomology (integrated pest management in ornamentals)
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Cheng, Zhiqiang

Specialist  


Email:  cheng241@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-6416
Special Skills and Knowledge:  

Turfgrass and landscape pest management; IR-4 Specialty Crops Pest Management; pesticide safety education
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Dobhal, Shefali

Assistant Researcher  


Email:  shefali@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-7027
Special Skills and Knowledge:  


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Doorenweerd, Camiel

Junior Researcher  


Email:  camiel.doorenweerd@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-9123
Special Skills and Knowledge:  

Macro-evolution; Speciation; Plant-insect interactions; Bioinformatics; Entomology; Diagnostics; Pest recognition; Taxonomy.
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Grace, J Kenneth

Researcher Emeritus  


Email:  kennethg@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956
Special Skills and Knowledge:  

Agricultural research administration; Urban insects, with an emphasis on termite biology and management and wood products protection.
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Hu, John

Plant Pathologist  


Email:  johnhu@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-7281
Special Skills and Knowledge:  


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Jenkins, Daniel

Professor  


Email:  danielje@hawaii.edu
Phone:  781-1343
Special Skills and Knowledge:  

Sensors and instrumentation, agricultural diagnostics; molecular testing; remote sensing for natural resource and invasive species management.
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Kawate, Michael K

Emeritus  


Email:  mkawate@hawaii.edu
Phone:  
Special Skills and Knowledge:  

Crops in gen.-Pesticide Registration-Pesticide Efficacy-Pesticide Residues-Pesticide Application License (Cat. 10)
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Krushelnycky, Paul

Assistant Researcher  


Email:  pauldk@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-8261
Special Skills and Knowledge:  

ant ecology, plant-insect interactions, community ecology
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Luis, Jane Marian S

Assistant Specialist  


Email:  luisjm@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-5305
Special Skills and Knowledge:  

Fungal biology, biocontrol, mycotoxins, integrated disease management
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Manandhar, Roshan

Assistant Extension Agent - Invasive Species  


Email:  roshanm@hawaii.edu
Phone:  274-3477
Special Skills and Knowledge:  

Invasive species and insects and diseases
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Melzer, Michael J

Researcher  


Email:  melzer@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-7887
Special Skills and Knowledge:  

Agrosecurity
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Nishijima, Wayne T

Specialist Emeritus  


Email:  waynen@hawaii.edu
Phone:  981-5199
Special Skills and Knowledge:  

Papaya-Disease ManagementMacadamia Nuts-Disease ManagementFruits in gen.-Disease ManagementVegetables in gen.-Disease ManagementOrnamentals in gen.-Disease ManagementForestry in gen.-Disease Mana
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Rubinoff, Daniel

Professor  


Email:  rubinoff@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-8432
Special Skills and Knowledge:  


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San Jose, Michael

Junior Researcher  


Email:  mdsjose@hawaii.edu
Phone:  946-2436
Special Skills and Knowledge:  


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Sato, Dwight M

Emeritus  


Email:  dwights@hawaii.edu
Phone:  981-5199
Special Skills and Knowledge:  

Vegetables, ginger, taro, tea
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Shikano, Ikkei

Assistant Professor  


Email:  ishikano@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-2000
Special Skills and Knowledge:  

plant-insect interactions, insect pathogens, biological control, nutritional ecology, ecological immunology, integrated pest management
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Sipes, Brent S

Professor Plant Pathology  


Email:  sipes@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-7813
Special Skills and Knowledge:  

Nematode management in pineapples, anthurium, coffee and other tropical crops; plant-parasitic and entomopathogenic nematode biology.
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Tay, Jia-Wei

Assistant Researcher  


Email:  jwtay@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-6744
Special Skills and Knowledge:  

Behavioral ecology of social insects, urban and medical entomology, integrated pest management
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Valenzuela, Hector R

Specialist  


Email:  hector@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-7903
Special Skills and Knowledge:  

Vegetable crops production, agroecology, organic farming, sustainable agriculture
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Villalobos, Ethel M

Junior Researcher  


Email:  emv@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-2445
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Wright, Mark G.

Professor of Entomology and Extension specialist  


Email:  markwrig@hawaii.edu
Phone:  956-7670
Special Skills and Knowledge:  

Cover cropping, nematology, soil health management, agroecology, sustainable pest management
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Planting Basil at Waimanalo


28 September 2018

Growing a New Crop of Landscapers

Growing a New Crop of Landscapers

The Waimanalo Research Station hosted the 2018 Oahu Landscape Industry Certified Technician (LICT) Program exam on September 22. The LICT certification is a national testing program administered by the National Association of Landscape Professionals, currently offered in 28 states and several Canadian provinces. In Hawai‘i, the LICT program is administered jointly by the Landscape Industry Council of Hawaii (LICH) and Hawaii Landscape and Irrigation Contractors Association (HLICA). The 2018 Oahu LICT program concluded with the practice exam in Waimanalo, where approximately 40 landscapers planted trees and performed many other tasks required in the profession. The Exterior Certification consists of four modules: Turf Maintenance; Ornamental Maintenance; Irrigation; and Softscape Installation. Representing CTAHR, Zhiqiang Cheng (PEPS) was one of the exam judges.

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