http://hdl.handle.net/10125/10356 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:06:21 GMT 2013-06-19T17:06:21Z http://hdl.handle.net/10125/25655 A study was conducted on Anthurium andraeanum Andre cv. Kozohara Red testing wood bark, wood chips, redwood bark, and bagasse media with fertilizer levels of 100, 200, and 400lb N-P205 -K20/A/year. Media ranking from best to poorest for flower production, flower stem length, and flower size were wood bark > wood chips > bagasse = redwood bark. Flower production and flower size increased linearly with increase in fertilizer rate. Flower stem length was not affected by fertilizer rate. Fertilizer response was similar on all media. Sun, 01 Sep 1985 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/25655 1985-09-01T00:00:00Z Higaki, Tadashi; Imamura, Joanne S http://hdl.handle.net/10125/25543 Anthurium andreanum Lind. is a perennial,. herbaceous monocotyledon in the family Araceae with cordate leaves and flowers. The commercial "flower" is an inflorescence consisting of conspicuous bract (spathe) and protruding rachis (spadix), on which minute perfect flowers are borne helically. The flowers are protogynous; the stigma is receptive before the pollen is shed. Anatomically, the spathe has a uniseriate upper and lower epidermis,one or two layers of hypodermal cells, and 10 to 12 layers of spongy parenchyma cells. Anthocyanin is localized in the hypodermal cells. The leaf blade is similar to the spathe, except for two layers of palisade parenchyma cells immediately below the upper epidermis. Venation is netted. Chloroplasts are dispersed throughout the mesophyll but are more concentrated in the palisade cells. The peduncle, petiole, and stem are typically monocotyledonous in structure. Epidermal cells cover the cortex, a layer of sclerified parenchyma cells, and the ground tissue. Vascular bundles are dispersed throughout the groundtissue. Roots are cylindrical, fleshy, epiphytic, and adventitious. The epidermis is developed as a velamen. Raphide and druse crystals are found throughout the plant. Above-ground parts have a thick, waxy cuticle. Sun, 01 Jul 1984 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/25543 1984-07-01T00:00:00Z Higaki, T; Rasmussen, H P; Carpenter, W J http://hdl.handle.net/10125/25532 This study examines the future potential of the swine industry by determining operational efficiency based on farm-level costs of and returns from swine production collected from 60 commercial swine producers in Hawaii during the fall of 1994. Sun, 01 Dec 1996 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/25532 1996-12-01T00:00:00Z Sharma, Khem R; Leung, PingSun; Zaleski, Halina M http://hdl.handle.net/10125/16568 This study analyzes consumer and producer costs and benefits of a modeled price support program for sugar superimposed on the 1974-1981 period, which was essentially free of effective price support programs and characterized by extreme variations in the U.S. price of domestic sugar. The study differs from previous studies in the sense that it models a with- and without-price support scenario. The modeled price support program is based on U. S. costs of production of raw cane sugar in 1981 and is imposed with appropriate deflation on the years 1974-1980 to permit comparison with the actual scenario without price supports. Research results indicate that an adequate price support program to maintain economic viability of the U. S. sugar industry during the 1974-1981 period would have cost consumers an additional $4.77 per capita annually for sugar. This compares to an annual average loss of $4.7 billion, or $21 per capita annually, during the research period if the U.S. sugar industry had become demised, assuming no alternative employment of production factors. The cost to the Hawaii economy would have been comparatively much more severe, amounting to $836 million annually in aggregate and $880 per capita. The program could be administered at no cost to the government through the imposition of import quotas. Per capita reduction in consumers' surplus would have averaged $1.76 annually based on the duty rate of $0.01875 per pound and $6.08 based on the 20 percent ad valorem rate in effect in 1981. The study is expected to provide valuable insight to policymakers for future sugar legislation. Wed, 01 Mar 1989 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/16568 1989-03-01T00:00:00Z Leong, Jerrold K; Scott, Frank S Jr; Leung, PingSun http://hdl.handle.net/10125/16567 Successful introduction of advanced intensive technology in shrimp mariculture requires the appropriate management tools. This report presents a management model for determining the optimal stocking and harvesting schedules for a shrimp pond of a mariculture shrimp operation. The developed model is an extension of the classical growing inventory model. It provides a set of simple intra- and interseasonal decision rules expressed as cutoff revenue when both price and weight are assumed random, and as cutoff price or cutoff weight when either price or weight is assumed random. If current realized revenue is less than the cutoff revenue, the decision is to keep the crop and delay the decision to sell for another period; otherwise, the decision is to sell. Application of this model to a hypothetical shrimp farm in Hawaii with 24 0.2-ha round ponds indicates that net return can be increased three times by applying the derived optimal policies, compared with a conventional fixed scheduling scheme. The economics of controlled environment is also evaluated using the model. Mon, 01 May 1989 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/16567 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Leung, PingSun; Hochman, Eithan; Wanitprapha, Kulavit; Shang, Yung C; Wang, Jaw-Kai http://hdl.handle.net/10125/16566 Eleven indigenous tropical vegetables studied included amaranth, pigeon pea, winged bean, Ceylon spinach, taro, edible hibiscus, breadfruit, swamp cabbage, sweetpotato, cassava, and Moringa. The findings suggested that these could supply more of the five essential nutrients than were available from the commonly eaten temperate-zone vegetables tested. Fri, 01 Jun 1984 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/16566 1984-06-01T00:00:00Z Evensen, Stacy K; Standal, Bluebell R http://hdl.handle.net/10125/14985 Sexual development is a continual process that unfolds throughout one's life. Salient aspects of the psychosocial dimensions of sexual development are described for each of the following stages: prenatal, infancy, childhood, adolescence, and young to late adulthood. Common characteristics for each stage are given along with a discussion of potential problems that may occur during particular stages. This overview of background information will assist the educational efforts related to this important aspect of human development at every age level. A list of resources is provided. Tue, 01 Mar 1994 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/14985 1994-03-01T00:00:00Z Engel, John W; Kimmons, Lee C http://hdl.handle.net/10125/14984 Hawaii has a long history of unsuccessful potato production that is practically unknown to the agricultural community. Crop failure due to disease and insect attack, lack of available seed, improper crop and soil management, and overseas competition for the local market have reduced potato production in Hawaii to a backyard activity. However, Hawaii possesses extensive lands that are suitable for potato production. The report reviews the history, consumption, and production of potato in Hawaii and makes agronomic assessments of three soil categories: Ustic Humitropepts, Tropeptic Eutrustox, and Hydric Dystrandepts. Sun, 01 Jan 1984 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/14984 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Manrique, Luis A http://hdl.handle.net/10125/12754 Microorganisms including fungi, actinomycetes, and bacteria remain quiescent or decrease in number when they are introduced into natural soil. Such microbiostasis is a general phenomenon of natural soil. Tables list the nutritional factors that are capable of decreasing or increasing soil microbiostasis, and also the microorganisms tested. Those nutrients shown to be ineffective are also included. The majority of reports concerning the effects of nutritional factors on inhibition of microorganisms dealt with the inactivation of antimicrobial agents, and only a few cases of enhancement of antimicrobial activity of chemicals by nutrients were documented. The effects of nutritional factors on fungistasis was most extensively studied among the three types of soil microbiostasis, followed by bacteriostasis and antinostasis. Agar, sulfur-containing amino acids, vitamins, and mineral salts which are very effective in inactivating considerable numbers of antimicrobial agents are, in general, ineffective in annulment of soil microbiostasis. These differences suggest that soil microbiostasis is not due to chemical inhibition. Mon, 01 Mar 1982 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/12754 1982-03-01T00:00:00Z Ko, Wen-hsiung