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Research Programs and Projects at this Location

ARS research is organized into National Programs. Within each National Program are research projects. Listed below are  the National Programs and research projects currently conducted at this location.

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Crop Protection & Quarantine (NP #304)
Development of New and Improved Surveillance, Detection, Control, and Management Technologies for Fruit Flies and Invasive Pests of Tropical and Subtropical Crops
(In-House Appropriated)
Postharvest Protection of Tropical Commodities for Improved Market Access and Quarantine Security
(In-House Appropriated)
Development of Protein Food Odor Based Chemical Lure for Female Oriental Fruit Fly
(Cooperative Agreement)
Development of Protein Food Odor-based Chemical Lure for Female Oriental Fruit Fly
(Cooperative Agreement)
Systems Approach for the Management of Coffee Berry Borer in Hawaii and Puerto Rico with Emphasis on Biological Control (Puerto Rico)
(Cooperative Agreement)
Systems Approach for the Management of Coffee Berry Borer in Hawaii and Puerto Rico with Emphasis on Biological Control (UH-Manoa)
(Cooperative Agreement)
Advancing Male Annihilation Technique for Invasive Cuelure-Responding Fruit Flies
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Development of a Rapid Method to Discriminate Sterile Released Medfly from Wild Flies Without Dye Marking using Near-infrared Hyperspectral Imaging
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Development of Host Fruit Odor Based Chemical Lure for Female Oriental Fruit Fly
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Development of Protein Food Odor Based Chemical Lure for Female Oriental Fruit Fly
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Development of Protein Food Odor Based Chemical Lure for Female Oriental Fruit fly
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Development of Protein Food Odor-based Chemical Lure for Female Oriental Fruit Fly
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Establishment of an Entomopathogenic Endophyte in Macadamia for Managing the Invasive Macadamia Felted Coccid in Hawai'i
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Identification of Oriental Fruit Fly Odors to Aid Detector Dog Training
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Mass Rearing of the Coffee Berry Borer and its Parasitoid Phymastichus coffea for Release as a Biological Control
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Mass Rearing of the Coffee Berry Borer and its Parasitoid Phymastichus Coffea for Release as a Biological Control
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Systems Approach for the Management of Coffee Berry Borer in Hawaii and Puerto Rico with Emphasis on Biological Control
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Improving Soil Fertility and Plant Health on Smallholder Coffee Farms in Central America and Hawaii
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Improving the Sustainability of Avocado Lace Bug Management (Psuedocysta perceae) through Economic Threshold Analysis
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Advanced Technologies for Tropical Invasive Pest Management in Hawaii
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Capacity Building for Bioeconomy Technologies in Hawaii
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
CoffeeMD: Using AI to Identify and Remediate Coffee Pests, Diseases, and Nutrient Deficiencies
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Demonstrating Bioeconomy Technologies for the Tropics
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Development of User Friendly Ethylene Antagonists for Floricultural Crops
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Microbial Indicators of Soil Health and Plant Productivity for Hawaii Agroecosystems
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Postharvest Treatments and Functional Nutrients Studies of Hawaii Tropical Commodities
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Sustainable and Profitable Production of Specialty Crops in a Changing Environment
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Systems Approach for the Management of Coffee Berry Borer in Hawaii and Puerto Rico with Emphasis on Biological Control (Puerto Rico)
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Development of Ethyl Formate and Irradiation Combination Treatment and its Application on Spotted Wing Drosophila and Mealybugs
(Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
Systems approaches to eliminate pests of concern to the Hawaii Ornamental Export Industry
(Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)