Daniel K. Inouye U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center : USDA ARS

Outside view of the center

The late Senator Daniel K. Inouye during the ground breaking for the center

Aerial view of rainbow papaya, a GMO resistant to the papaya ring spot virus (PRV). APSNET Features story by C. Gonsalves, D. Lee and D. Gonsalves, “Transgenic Virus-Resistant Papaya: The Hawaiian ‘Rainbow’ was Rapidly Adopted by Farmers and is of Major Importance in Hawaii Today” (doi:10.1094/APSnetFeature-2004-0804)

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Research Units at DKI-US-PBARC

Tropical Crop and Commodity Protection Research Unit (TCCPRU)

Tropical Plant Genetic Resources and Disease Research Unit (TPGRDRU)

Tropical Pest Genetics and Molecular Biology Research (TPGMBR)

The Daniel K. Inouye U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center is located in Hilo, HI and is part of the Pacific West Area.
The Center Director is Marisa Wall.
Email: marisa.wall@ars.usda.gov
Phone: (808)932-2100
Fax: 808-959-5470
USDA-ARS-PWA-DKI-USPBARC
64 Nowelo Street
Hilo, HI 96720

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Daniel K. Inouye U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center: Hilo, HI

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Research Units at DKI-US-PBARC