21 research outputs found
Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus-Resistant Varieties for Commercial Production
This study was a field trial of tomato varieties' resistance to tomato yellow leaf curl virus. Growers were able to assess characteristics of tolerant hybrids and then assess the plants' sustainability in localized field operations
Use of Organic Fertilizers to Enhance Soil Fertility, Plant Growth, and Yield in a Tropical Environment
Soils rarely have sufficient nutrient for crops to reach their potential yield. Applying organic fertilizers without prior knowledge of their properties may cause yield decline under low application or pollute the environment with excessive application. Understanding the nutrient variability and release pattern of organic fertilizers is crucial to supply plants with sufficient nutrients to achieve optimum productivity, while also rebuilding soil fertility and ensuring protection of environmental and natural resources. This chapter presents the authors’ experiences with different organic amendments under Hawaii\u27s tropical conditions, rather than an intensive literature review. For meat and bone meal by‐products (tankage), batch‐to‐batch variability, nutrient content/release pattern and quality, and plant growth response to the liquid fertilizer produced from tankage were evaluated. For animal livestock, dairy manure (DM) and chicken manure (CM) quality, changes in soil properties, and crop biomass production and root distributions were evaluated. For seaweed, an established bio‐security protocol, nutrient, especially potassium (K) variability, and plant growth and yield response were evaluated in different tropical soils
2021 Taxonomic update of phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales.
Correction to: 2021 Taxonomic update of phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales. Archives of Virology (2021) 166:3567–3579. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-021-05266-wIn March 2021, following the annual International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) ratification vote on newly proposed taxa, the phylum Negarnaviricota was amended and emended. The phylum was expanded by four families (Aliusviridae, Crepuscuviridae, Myriaviridae, and Natareviridae), three subfamilies (Alpharhabdovirinae, Betarhabdovirinae, and Gammarhabdovirinae), 42 genera, and 200 species. Thirty-nine species were renamed and/or moved and seven species were abolished. This article presents the updated taxonomy of Negarnaviricota as now accepted by the ICTV.This work was supported in part through Laulima Government Solutions, LLC prime contract with the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under Contract No. HHSN272201800013C. J.H.K. performed this work as an employee of Tunnell Government Services (TGS), a subcontractor of Laulima Government Solutions, LLC under Contract No. HHSN272201800013C. This work was also supported in part with federal funds from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), under Contract No. 75N91019D00024, Task Order No. 75N91019F00130 to I.C., who was supported by the Clinical Monitoring Research Program Directorate, Frederick National Lab for Cancer Research. This work was also funded in part by Contract No. HSHQDC-15-C-00064 awarded by DHS S&T for the management and operation of The National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center, a federally funded research and development center operated by the Battelle National Biodefense Institute (V.W.); and NIH contract HHSN272201000040I/HHSN27200004/D04 and grant R24AI120942 (N.V., R.B.T.). S.S. acknowledges partial support from the Special Research Initiative of Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (MAFES), Mississippi State University, and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, US Department of Agriculture, Hatch Project 1021494. Part of this work was supported by the Francis Crick Institute which receives its core funding from Cancer Research UK (FC001030), the UK Medical Research Council (FC001030), and the Wellcome Trust (FC001030).S
2021 Taxonomic update of phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales.
In March 2021, following the annual International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) ratification vote on newly proposed taxa, the phylum Negarnaviricota was amended and emended. The phylum was expanded by four families (Aliusviridae, Crepuscuviridae, Myriaviridae, and Natareviridae), three subfamilies (Alpharhabdovirinae, Betarhabdovirinae, and Gammarhabdovirinae), 42 genera, and 200 species. Thirty-nine species were renamed and/or moved and seven species were abolished. This article presents the updated taxonomy of Negarnaviricota as now accepted by the ICTV
Benefits and Costs of Using Perennial Peanut as Living Mulch for Fruit Trees in Hawaii
To help Hawaii growers make management decisions about the use of a living mulch, this publication describes experiments conducted to study the effects of perennial peanut planting method and density on (1) groundcover canopy development, (2) selected indicators of soil quality, (3) fruit tree nutrient status, and (4) the cost of establishing the living mulch
Tomato Spotted Wilt
This article describes the symptoms and spread of tomato spotted wilt, management techniques, and the future of biotechnology in the fight against tomato spotted wilt
How to Minimize On-Farm Papaya Fruit Damage (poster)
This poster is a guide to proper handling and best harvest practices for papaya
Panangkontrol iti Pannakadadael ti Bunga ti Papaya iti Talon [How to Minimize On-Farm Papaya Fruit Damage]
This poster is a guide in Ilocano to proper handling and best harvest practices for papaya
New sanitation techniques for controlling Tephritid Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Hawaii
New approaches to sanitation in a cropping system susceptible to
tephritid fruit flies (Diptera tephritidae) in Hawaii have been
investigated. Six trials were conducted in tent-like structures to
demonstrate that melon fly larvae (Bacrocera cucurbitae ,
Coquillett) are not reliably controlled by malathion sprayed on the
surface of whole or smashed fruit. Smashing fruit does not sufficiently
reduce the rate of eclosion to be a reliable population control
measure. Tilling fruit into the ground only partially reduced eclosion.
Burying fruit 0.15 and 0.30 m deep also partially reduced eclosion.
Burying fruit 0.46 m deep prevented adult fly eclosion. Screen between
the infested fruit and the ground prevented 90.2% of fly eclosion
(edges of the screen were buried to prevent the escape of eclosing
adult flies). Larvae pupate within 0.7 m from their host fruit (mean
distance = 13.88 ± 1.76 cm, 95% Cl = 10.4 to 17.4 cm). Augmentoria
entrapped all adult flies eclosing from fruit placed inside the
structure. The data suggests that the three (3) methods of interdicting
adult fly eclosion should be practiced. They are, in order of
effectiveness, placing cull fruit in augmentoria, burying the fruit
0.46 m under ground, or placing fruit on screen under and 0.7 m beyond
the fruit pile.@ JASE