FIELD TRIP: Hawaiian Agriculture Up Close: A Field Tour of Crops, Pathogens, and Research Efforts

Saturday, August 2, 2025

7:00 AM - 7:00 PM HST

Location: Hawai'i Convention Center, Main Entrance

Organizer(s)

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Madison Flasco, PhD

Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
AO

Alejandro Olmedo-Velarde

Assistant Professor
Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, Iowa State University
Ames, IA, USA
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Andrea Sierra-Mejia

Post Doctorate Fellow
University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
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Jennifer R. Wilson, PhD (she/her/hers)

Research Molecular Biologist
USDA-ARS Corn, Soybean & Wheat Quality Research Unit
Wooster, OH, USA

Ticketed event; preregistration required

Brief Description: This field trip will showcase the research stations and plots where University of Hawaii at Manoa personnel including faculty, extension agents, and students perform research on a variety of agricultural tropical crops including, but not limited to corn, avocado, lichee, citrus, cacao, papaya, sweet potato, taro and banana. Three research stations will be visited that are located throughout the Island of Oahu: Oahu Urban Garden Center, Waimanalo Research Station, and Poamoho Research Station. These stations harbor not only a unique diversity of agricultural crops, but also a great repertoire of plant diseases with several exemplary and infamous diseases such as papaya ringspot, papaya powdery mildew, banana bunchy top, among others. The itinerary and trip were designed so that the attendees can appreciate different areas of the Island of Oahu as well as grasp the different nature and scenic views present in the West, Central and East sides of Oahu, including a brief visit to a look out

Buses will pick up participants at the Hawai'i Convention Center. Buses will stage outside the main entrance.