University of Hawaii: 'Plant Smoothie' Helps Protect Endangered Endemic Hawaii Plant Species
October 15, 2021
October 15, 2021
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 15 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release:
The future of an already critically endangered species of tree that is endemic to Hawaii is being threatened by myrtle rust, a pathogen only recently detected in the islands. However, University of Hawaii at Manoa researchers from the School of Life Sciences, have discovered a "plant smoothie" that has been demonstrated to make the tree more resistant to the pathogen. The rese . . .
The future of an already critically endangered species of tree that is endemic to Hawaii is being threatened by myrtle rust, a pathogen only recently detected in the islands. However, University of Hawaii at Manoa researchers from the School of Life Sciences, have discovered a "plant smoothie" that has been demonstrated to make the tree more resistant to the pathogen. The rese . . .