{"id":128572,"date":"2020-10-12T15:01:29","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T01:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=128572"},"modified":"2020-10-12T15:04:38","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T01:04:38","slug":"tracking-rod-spread-on-kauai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/10\/12\/tracking-rod-spread-on-kauai\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracking the spread of Rapid \u02bb\u014chi\u02bba Death on Kaua\u02bbi"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>\n<div class=\"responsive-video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/466726296\" title=\"vimeo video player\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><em>Video of <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> Invasive Species Committee staff Alicia Hedlesk, right, and Brenna Fowler, left, making final preparations and takeoff for aerial drone surveys for locating suspected <abbr>ROD<\/abbr>.<\/em><\/div>\n\n<p>Researchers at the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/pcsuhawaii.org\">Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit<\/a> (<abbr>PCSU<\/abbr>) have collaborated with multiple agencies to develop a management tracking system to keep crucial data organized as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rapidohiadeath.org\/\">Rapid <span aria-label=\"Ohia\">&#699;&#332;hi&#699;a<\/span> Death<\/a> (<abbr>ROD<\/abbr>) fungus continues to spread to parts of <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span>. The system allows field staff to compile data from multiple sources into one place, facilitate planning of management and research activities, and provide progress updates.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_128385\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128385\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/manoa-pcsu-rodkauai-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"rapid ohia death on trees\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-128385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/manoa-pcsu-rodkauai-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/manoa-pcsu-rodkauai-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/manoa-pcsu-rodkauai.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-128385\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo of suspected <abbr>ROD<\/abbr> &#699;\u014dhi&#699;a on Kaua&#699;i taken during a drone survey.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Supporting the work on <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> is one of my highest priorities,&rdquo; said <strong>Brian Tucker<\/strong>, <abbr>PCSU<\/abbr> <abbr>ROD<\/abbr> data manager, who supports all aspects of statewide management planning, field implementation and reporting. &ldquo;Electronic data collection in the field and geospatial data management enable field staff on <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> to track outbreaks and new discoveries of <abbr>ROD<\/abbr>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/tag\/rapid-ohia-death\/\">Read more about <abbr>ROD<\/abbr> on <em><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½<\/abbr> News<\/em>.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The compiled data begins with suspect <abbr>ROD<\/abbr> trees, or trees that have recently died and exhibit <abbr>ROD<\/abbr> symptoms. Data is mostly compiled through aerial surveys via helicopter or drone, but also includes ground reporting by landowners.<\/p>\n<p>Suspect <abbr>ROD<\/abbr> trees are then entered into the database, where they are prioritized based upon multiple criteria of location and accessibility. These suspects then may be visited for sampling and other research activities. Observations are made and entered into the database during visits and re-visits. The tracking system allows multiple agencies to know what has been completed, and when. Over time, the data will show how the disease has grown and spread.<\/p>\n<p>To date, there have been a total of 181 confirmed <abbr>ROD<\/abbr> cases on <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span>, which includes 101 <em>Ceratocystis lukuohia<\/em>, the more aggressive and devastating species. There have been 78 <em>Ceratocystis huliohia<\/em> fungus infected species. Two of the confirmed cases were co-infected with both species.<\/p>\n<h2>Mitigation efforts<\/h2>\n<p>Monitoring of forests began prior to <abbr>ROD<\/abbr> being discovered on <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> when the first samples of dead <span aria-label=\"ohia\">&#699;&#333;hi&#699;a<\/span> were collected in February 2016. While <abbr>ROD<\/abbr> was not detected, the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Department of Land and Natural Resources <a href=\"https:\/\/dlnr.hawaii.gov\/dofaw\/\">Division of Forestry and Wildlife<\/a> began doing aerial surveys to locate <abbr>ROD<\/abbr> suspects in June 2016. Mitigation efforts began immediately after <abbr>ROD<\/abbr> was first discovered on <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> in May 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To date, there have been a total of 181 confirmed <abbr title=\"Rapid Ohia Death\">ROD<\/abbr> cases on <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[368,308,665,1363,367,1018,9,56],"class_list":["post-128572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","tag-botany","tag-college-of-natural-sciences","tag-conservation","tag-manoa-research","tag-pacific-cooperative-studies-unit","tag-rapid-ohia-death","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128572"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128602,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128572\/revisions\/128602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}