This study provides an update of the cost and return of Chinese taro production in the Hilo area. Return to management is estimated to be $5,575 per acre per crop. Total fixed costs and variable costs are $1,573 and $4,602 ...

The paper summarizes information on host plants of the fruit fly Bactrocera latifrons and describes some ecological attributes of this fly's populations in Hawaii.

This marketing panel participant, a produce exporter who had shipped small amounts of ripe mangoes to Europe, answered questions about the process.

The author, an entomologist, reviewed the principal infestation barriers to mango export from Hawaii: fruit flies and the seed weevil. Because of these problems, he ventured that the total value of the conference participants' ...

An effort by C. Brewer and Company to establish a mango orchard near Pahala on the island of Hawaii is described.

This proceedings contains 24 papers, mostly brief, on a range of subjects relevant to forestry in Hawaii. Topics covered included selecting sites, seeds, and spacing; site preparation, planting, and fertilizer use; diseases, ...

A Native Hawaiian perspective on the origin of kalo (taro) and of taro cultivation in South Kona.

The Hawaii Department of Agriculture was charged with grading papayas under the federal papaya marketing order; the paper reviews the purposes and protocols for inspections to support grading standards.

Living mulches were compared to weed cultivation and herbicide weed control in dryland taro. The highest No.1 corm yields were harvested from the herbicide and the cultivation treatments. The living mulches tested were ...

The principal diseases of mango fruit, flowers, leaves, stems, and roots were listed; anthracnose and powdery mildew were discussed in detail.