Sampling for Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death

SAMPLING ʻŌHIʻA TREES FOR INFECTION WITH CERATOCYSTIS

 

See a short video on how to take samples from ʻōhiʻa suspected of having Ceratocystis wilt or Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death (video updated December 2017). WARNING: Injuring ʻōhiʻa trees like this may kill them. *Be sure the tree you are cutting is already dead or dying. 

 

CLICK HERE for Landowner's Guide to Collecting a Sample and Sampling Report Form

 

Collecting Samples from ʻŌhiʻa trees suspected of being infected with Ceratocystis (Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death) – posted 12/14/2016

 

HAWAIʻI ISLAND

Samples may be submitted to Dr. Lisa Keith, USDA, Agriculture Research Service, Daniel K. Inouye Pacific Basin Agriculture Research Center; Lisa.Keith@ars.usda.gov; 808-959-4357. 

 

NEIGHBORING ISLANDS

Please work with the local Invasive Species Committee on your island: Kauaʻi 808-821-1490 (kisc@hawaii.edu), Oʻahu 808-266-7994 (oisc@hawaii.edu), Molokaʻi 808-553-5236 ext. 6585 (lbuchanan@tnc.org), and Maui 808-573-6472 (miscpr@hawaii.edu). They will submit samples through the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) Plant Quarantine Branch (PQB). (August 2019). 

 

 

 Nate Friday from BIISC demonstrates how to sample for ROD. Click the photo.

There are a few ways to collect samples, and there