Take a stroll along one of the beaches on Hawaii Island in late summer, and you'll likely stumble upon almond-shaped fruits ...
But what may not be clear to the casual beachgoer is that there’s a fight for survival occurring within the flesh of these unassuming fruits. Tropical almonds are one of many active ...
Terminalia catappa trees are common on Hawaiian beaches. Their tropical almond fruits are often infested with immature tephritid fruit flies. Kelsey Coffman, University of Tennessee A global pest ...
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Can Fungi Save This Endangered Hawaiian Tree?
By inoculating greenhouse na’u seedlings with mycorrhizal fungi, researchers hope to boost survival odds when the plants are ...
Take a stroll along one of the beaches on Hawaii Island in late summer, and you’ll likely stumble upon almond-shaped fruits lying in the sand. Known as false kamani nuts, or tropical almonds ...