| Botany and
Cultivation |
- 'Awa
(Canoe Plants of Ancient Hawaii)
'Awa (kava), its cultivation, and use in Native Hawaiian culture.
- Micropropagation
of 'Awa (Kava, Piper methysticum) (900 Kb
PDF file)
Biotechnology BIO-4
(J. Kunisaki, A. Araki, and Y. Sagawa, 2003, University of Hawaii at
Manoa CTAHR)
Covers the stages of micropropagation, nutrient media and growth
regulators for each stage, and lists of required equipment and
supplies; includes detailed instructions and color photographs
illustrating the procedures.
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| Diseases
and Pests |
- 'Awa
Dieback in Hawaii (1.6 Mb PDF file)
Plant Disease PD-18
(Scot C. Nelson, 2000, University of Hawaii at Manoa CTAHR)
Describes the symptoms of the viral disease kava dieback, transmission
of the causal agent (cucumber mosaic cucumovirus), management, and
prevention; many color photographs of disease symptoms.
- 'Awa
Root-knot Disease (528 Kb PDF file)
Plant Disease PD-20
(Scot C. Nelson, Brent S. Sipes, Mario Serracin, and Donald P. Schmitt,
2001, University of Hawaii at Manoa CTAHR)
Description of disease symptoms and recommendations for methods for
prevention and control; includes color photographs of disease symptoms.
- Melon
Alphid (Aphis gossypii [Glover]) (72 Kb
PDF file)
Agricultural Pests of the Pacific ADAP 2000-10
(Donald Nafus, 2000, Agricultural Development in the American Pacific
(ADAP) Project)
Leaflet; includes color photograph of the insect.
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| Marketing and Statistics |
- Hawaii
Agricultural Statistics Service (HASS)
Annual report on kava production in Hawaii provides data for 1999-2003;
number of farms, acreage in production and harvested, total sales, farm
price per pound, and value of sales; available in both HTML and PDF
formats.
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| Reference and Research Tools |
- Free Public Databases
- AGRICOLA:
1970-present
(U.S. National Agricultural Library)
Citations, most with abstracts, to journal articles, books, theses,
technical reports, and other publications in agriculture and related
areas such as nutrition, biotechnology, and botany.
- AGRIS
1975 - present
(FAO)
International database covering agricultural sciences and technology
containing citations for conventional and non-conventional ("grey")
literature.
- PubMed
(Medline) 1966 - present
(U.S. National Library of Medicine)
Citations, most with abstracts, for journal articles in biomedicine
including medical aspects of kava use.
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