Jul. 31—Can a beetle repellent help save Hawaii's ohia lehua trees from a deadly fungal blight ? Can a beetle repellent help save Hawaii's ohia lehua trees from a deadly fungal blight ? That is what ...

“The fungus needs an entry point,” says Marc Hughes, a research plant pathologist with the U.S. Forest Service in Hilo. He’s talking about the disease that is decimating ohia lehua in parts of Hawaii.

HILO (KHON2) — Tuesday, April 22, was Earth Day; and it is also Native Hawaiian Plant Month. One of our most important and beloved native flora is the ʻohia that continues to be threatened by Rapid ...

State officials said rapid ohia death has been detected in three trees at a Maui elementary school campus. The landscape ohia trees were infected with Ceratocystis huliohia, the less virulent strain ...

Don't stress if you have a tree that's not looking its best in the bark department. You can save a tree with damaged bark by first assessing the type of damage. Once you know the severity, you have a ...

The seasons are changing from fall to winter, and one of the major changes to the environment is that the deciduous trees have lost their leaves. Evergreen trees may still have green needles, but all ...

Lillian Lewis, left, a Pacific Internship Program for Exploring Science intern, and Dan Mikros, a forest entomology technician from the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s Hawaii Cooperative Studies Unit, ...

COURTESY DLNR The landscape ohia trees were infected with Ceratocystis huliohia, the less virulent strain of the fungal pathogen, according to the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources. 1 /2 ...