01-07-2017, 08:20 AM
quote:No it didn't, it's still around. We just got lucky that this particular strain wasn't very virulent against ohia. You still see them infected with it though; I had a seedling killed by it a couple of years ago. And it has practically driven the nioi extinct on Oahu; before the rust there were lots of big trees even in alien forest, now they only survive in cultivation where they can be treated with fungicide. Stop the treatment and they die within a couple of months (even when treated they usually have a few spots of rust).
Originally posted by bananahead
Ohia will survive this just like it survived 'Rust' a few yrs back, you dont see Rust anymore, it killed all of the related nonnative Rose Apple Trees and was seen on Ohia too at the time, but not anymore.. its ran its course....