05-12-2018, 02:06 AM
They've detected the less deadly form of Rapid Ohia Death (ROD) on Kauai. Not sure how it got to the forest reserve (birds?) but maybe this will ramp up efforts to combat it.
http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2018...-on-kauai/
http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2018...-on-kauai/
quote:.
State officials said Friday that Ceratocystis huliohia, one of two pathogens that causes ROD, was detected this past week in at least five dead trees in the Moloa‘a Forest Reserve in northeast Kauai. It’s the first detection of an ROD pathogen outside of Hawaii Island