The County of Maui Department of Agriculture launched a Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Working Group to address the threat of the invasive Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle, which was reported recently in Kīhei.
Researchers from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources have discovered two new viruses that are attacking hibiscus plants in Hawaii and may endanger the state flower.