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Collaborations

The Hilo, Hawaii has a long and productive history of collaborative research involving stakeholders.


Current collaborators and projects:

ANIMAL AND PLANT QUARANTINE AGENCY
  • Fumigation Treatments to Eliminate Invasive Pests of Concern in U.S.-Korea Trade
  • ANIMAL AND PLANT QUARANTINE AGENCY (APQA)
  • Development of Ethyl Formate and Irradiation Combination Treatment and its Application on Spotted Wing Drosophila and Mealybugs
  • FEDERACION NACIONAL DE CAFETEROS DE COLOMBIA
  • Systems Approach for the Management of Coffee Berry Borer in Hawaii and Puerto Rico with Emphasis on Biological Control (Cenicafe, Colombia)
  • FUNDACAO ARTHUR BERNARDES
  • Developing Biologically-based Approaches for Coffee Leaf Rust (CLR) Management
  • HAWAII AGRICULTURE RESEARCH CENTER, KUNIA CAMP, HI
  • Transfer and Evaluation of Coffee Germplasm for the United States
  • Genetic Improvement and Evaluation of Coffee and Cacao in Hawaii
  • STATE OF HAWAII, DEPT OF LAND AND NATURAL RES, Honolulu, HI
  • Rapid Ohia Death - Testing and Research Support
  • SYNERGISTIC HAWAII AGRICULTURE COUNCIL, HILO
  • Improving Soil Fertility and Plant Health on Smallholder Coffee Farms in Central America and Hawaii
  • CoffeeMD: Using AI to Identify and Remediate Coffee Pests, Diseases, and Nutrient Deficiencies
  • Coordinated Approach to Coffee Leaf Rust
  • THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD, MT ALBERT, AUCKLAND
  • Assessing the Risk of Rapid Ohia Death to New Zealand and the South Pacific
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON, ARLINGTON
  • Development of User Friendly Ethylene Antagonists for Floricultural Crops
  • UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, GAINESVILLE
  • Plant Safety, Horticultural Benefits, and Disease Efficacy of Essential Oils for use in Organically Grown Fruit Crops: From the Farm to the Consumer
  • UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, HONOLULU, HI
  • Develop Molecular Diagnostic Tools to Determine Strain and Mating Status of Fruit Fly Incursions
  • Systems approaches to eliminate pests of concern to the Hawaii Ornamental Export Industry
  • Capacity Building for Bioeconomy Technologies in Hawaii
  • Microbial Indicators of Soil Health and Plant Productivity for Hawaii Agroecosystems
  • Development of Protein Food Odor-based Chemical Lure for Female Oriental Fruit Fly
  • 3.0271.01 Integrative Identification Methods for Bactracera Fruit Flies
  • Systems Approach for the Management of Coffee Berry Borer in Hawaii and Puerto Rico with Emphasis on Biological Control (UH-Manoa)
  • Identification of Giant African Snail Odors to Aid Detector Dog Training
  • Strengthening the K-12 Pipeline in Agricultural Career Pathways
  • Investigating Natural Compounds from Tropical Plants with Medicinal Activity
  • Optimizing Bacterial Probiotic Establishment for Medfly Sterile Insect Technique
  • Development of Protein Food Odor Based Chemical Lure for Female Oriental Fruit Fly
  • Establishment of Microbial Probiotics in SIT-Reared Medfly
  • Advanced Technologies for Tropical Invasive Pest Management in Hawaii
  • Sustainable and Profitable Production of Specialty Crops in a Changing Environment
  • 3.0624.01 FY24 Developing molecular diagnostic tools to determine strain and mating status of fruit fly incursions year 3
  • Postharvest Treatments and Functional Nutrients Studies of Hawaii Tropical Commodities
  • Demonstrating Bioeconomy Technologies for the Tropics
  • UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, T, LEXINGTON, KY
  • Developing Phylogenomic-based Diagnostic Tools for Species Identification Across Diptera
  • UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, SAN JUAN, PR
  • Systems Approach for the Management of Coffee Berry Borer in Hawaii and Puerto Rico with Emphasis on Biological Control (Puerto Rico)
  • UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, ESTACION EXPERIMEN, SAN JUAN, PR
  • Areawide - Integration of Coffee Berry Borer Studies in Puerto Rico
  • Systems Approach for the Management of Coffee Berry Borer in Hawaii and Puerto Rico with Emphasis on Biological Control (Puerto Rico)
  • USDA, APHIS, MISSION, TX
  • Develop Molecular Diagnostic Tools to Determine Strain and Mating Status of Fruit Fly Incursions
  • USDA, APHIS, FMS, EDINBURG, TX
  • Develop Molecular Diagnostic Tools to Determine Strain and Mating Status of Fruit Fly Incursions
  • USDA, APHIS, PPQ, ER, RALEIGH, NC
  • Identification of Giant African Snail Odors to Aid Detector Dog Training
  • Advancing Male Annihilation Technique for Invasive Cuelure-Responding Fruit Flies
  • Genomic analysis to enhance detection and eradication strategies of incursions of tephritid fruit flies in California
  • USDA, APHIS, PPQ, S&T, RALEIGH, NC
  • Mass Rearing of the Coffee Berry Borer and its Parasitoid Phymastichus coffea for Release as a Biological Control
  • Systems Approach for the Management of Coffee Berry Borer in Hawaii and Puerto Rico with Emphasis on Biological Control
  • Developing Molecular Diagnostic Tools to Determine Strain and Mating Status of Fruit Fly Incursions Year 3
  • Development of Protein Food Odor Based Chemical Lure for Female Oriental Fruit fly
  • Identification of Oriental Fruit Fly Odors to Aid Detector Dog Training
  • Integrative Identification Methods for Bactrocera Fruit Flies (Year 3)
  • Establishment of Microbial Probiotics in SIT-Reared Medfly
  • Development of Host Fruit Odor Based Chemical Lure for Female Oriental Fruit Fly
  • Development of Protein Food Odor Based Chemical Lure for Female Oriental Fruit Fly
  • Optimizing Bacterial Probiotic Establishment for Medfly Sterile Insect Technique