Abiu

This paper describes the abiu fruit, its origin, cultivars, environment, propagation, culture and management, pests and diseases in Hawai‘i, harvesting and yield, postharvest considerations, packaging, pricing, and marketing, nutritive value, recipes, cost of production, and information resources

Bilimbi

This publication describes the bilimbi fruit, its origin, cultivars, and native environment. It provides a general overview of crop production, management, and economics

Rollinia

This paper describes the rollinia fruit, its origin, cultivars, environment, propagation, culture and management, pests and diseases in Hawai‘i, harvesting and yield, postharvest considerations, packaging, pricing, and marketing, nutritive value, recipes, cost of production, and information resources

Soursop

This paper describes the soursop fruit, its origin, cultivars, environment, propagation, culture and management, pests and diseases in Hawai‘i, harvesting and yield, postharvest considerations, packaging, pricing, and marketing, nutritive value, recipes, cost of production, and information resources

Jackfruit

This paper describes jackfruit, its origin, cultivars, environment, propagation, culture and management, pests and diseases in Hawai‘i, harvesting and yield, postharvest considerations, packaging, pricing, and marketing, nutritive value, recipes, cost of production, and information resources

Jaboticaba

This paper describes the jaboticaba fruit, its origin, cultivars, environment, propagation, culture and management, pests and diseases in Hawai‘i, harvesting and yield, postharvest considerations, packaging, pricing, and marketing, nutritive value, recipes, cost of production, and information resources

Pathway-Based Genomics Prediction using Generalized Elastic Net.

We present a novel regularization scheme called The Generalized Elastic Net (GELnet) that incorporates gene pathway information into feature selection. The proposed formulation is applicable to a wide variety of problems in which the interpretation of predictive features using known molecular interactions is desired. The method naturally steers solutions toward sets of mechanistically interlinked genes. Using experiments on synthetic data, we demonstrate that pathway-guided results maintain, and often improve, the accuracy of predictors even in cases where the full gene network is unknown. We apply the method to predict the drug response of breast cancer cell lines. GELnet is able to reveal genetic determinants of sensitivity and resistance for several compounds. In particular, for an EGFR/HER2 inhibitor, it finds a possible trans-differentiation resistance mechanism missed by the corresponding pathway agnostic approach

The bracteatus pineapple genome and domestication of clonally propagated crops

Domestication of clonally propagated crops such as pineapple from South America was hypothesized to be a 'one-step operation'. We sequenced the genome of Ananas comosus var. bracteatus CB5 and assembled 513 Mb into 25 chromosomes with 29,412 genes. Comparison of the genomes of CB5, F153 and MD2 elucidated the genomic basis of fiber production, color formation, sugar accumulation and fruit maturation. We also resequenced 89 Ananas genomes. Cultivars 'Smooth Cayenne' and 'Queen' exhibited ancient and recent admixture, while 'Singapore Spanish' supported a one-step operation of domestication. We identified 25 selective sweeps, including a strong sweep containing a pair of tandemly duplicated bromelain inhibitors. Four candidate genes for self-incompatibility were linked in F153, but were not functional in self-compatible CB5. Our findings support the coexistence of sexual recombination and a one-step operation in the domestication of clonally propagated crops. This work guides the exploration of sexual and asexual domestication trajectories in other clonally propagated crops