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Diseases of Native PlantsPIERC Project Leader: Donald Gardner , Ph.D. |
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Objectives: Identify unknown or little understood diseases affecting plants in native systems of Hawai‘i Determine origins of diseases Gain understanding of disease |
| Accomplishments: The complex of endemic rust fungi on koa is native The prominent “red leaf” disease of native ‘ohelo, is caused by a fungus, probably non-native “Dodonaea yellows” is caused by a mycoplasma of currently unknown origin |
Significance: Diseases of Hawai‘i’s economic crops are well known, but diseases of native systems are not Native diseases of native plants are part of the ecosystem that managers must understand Nonnative diseases can be disruptive |
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