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Collaborations

The Daniel K. Inouye U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center 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
    • FUNDACAO ARTHUR BERNARDES
  • Developing Biologically-based Approaches for Coffee Leaf Rust (CLR) Management
    • HAWAII AGRICULTURE RESEARCH CENTER, KUNIA CAMP, HI
  • Developing an Efficient Breeding Pipeline for Producing CLR-resistant Coffee Cultivars and Maintain Unique Quality
  • Transfer and Evaluation of Coffee Germplasm for the United States
  • Genetic Improvement and Evaluation of Coffee and Cacao in Hawaii
    • MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY, BOZEMAN
  • Improving the Sustainability of Avocado Lace Bug Management (Psuedocysta perceae) through Economic Threshold Analysis
    • STATE OF HAWAII, DEPT OF LAND AND NATURAL RES, Honolulu, HI
  • Rapid Ohia Death - Testing and Research Support
    • SYNERGISTIC HAWAII AGRICULTURE COUNCIL, HILO
  • Coordinated Approach to Coffee Leaf Rust
  • 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
    • 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)
  • 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, 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