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The causes of Rapid Ohia Death. USGS image

Keeping hooved animals out of Ohia forests reduces the spread of Rapid Ohia Death

Posted on 3:03 pm, Monday, April 1, 2019. Tags: , , ,

Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death, or ROD for short, enters trees through wounds to its bark.

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Dying Ohia Trees from Rapid Ohia Death (ROD). Photo courtesy of DLNR.

Researchers develop portable tool to detect Rapid Ohia Death pathogens

Posted on 11:52 am, Wednesday, May 10, 2017. Tags: , ,

Researchers have developed a new, more efficient tool for detecting the pathogens believed to be the cause of Rapid `ÅŒhi`a Death (ROD), according to a recently published study by the Hawai`i Cooperative Studies Unit at the University of Hawai`i at Hilo, the USGS Pacific Islands Ecosystem Research Center (PIERC), and USDA Agriculture Research Service (ARS).

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Feds provide $497,000 additional funds for Rapid Ohia Death response and treatment

Posted on 8:00 am, Tuesday, August 30, 2016. Tags: , ,

The State of Hawaiʻi applauded the announcement by the U.S. Department of Interior and Senator Brian Schatz of $497,000 in federal funding to help combat Rapid ‘Ōhiʻa Death, the fungal disease that is killing tens of thousands of acres of native forest on Hawaiʻi Island.

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