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Jan 11

TARO Varieties Update

Research Update on New Taro Varieties: Mini-Conference on Taro Varieties evaluated for Yield, Quality, and Resistance to Taro Leaf Blight

By Cooperative Extension, Hilo

When and where

Date and time

Tue, January 11, 2022, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM HST

Location

Online

About this event

You are invited to attend the Research Update on New Taro Varieties: Mini-conference on Tuesday January 11 at 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m. HST. New taro varieties were produced by conventional cross-pollination of taro flowers. The most promising ones were multiplied in tissue-culture, and distributed to College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources (CTAHR) Research Stations on the Islands of Hawaii, Kauai, Maui, and Molokai. These new varieties were evaluated for yield, quality, and resistance to Taro Leaf Blight.

TOPICS (Speakers)

Overview of State-wide Evaluation of new Taro varieties that are Resistant to Taro Leaf Blight (Susan C. Miyasaka); Participatory Taro Breeding: A Model for the Future? (James Keach); Results of State-wide Taro Variety Trials (Roshan Paudel); Citizen Science: On Farm Taro Variety Evaluation by Maui Taro Growers (Rosemary Gutierrez); DNA Analysis: Comparing Traditional Hawaiian Taro Varieties to Newly Developed Breeding Materials (Bjarne Bartlett); and Future Research: Where do we go from Here? (Michael Shintaku).

Questions: please contact

Susan Miyasaka, miyasaka@hawaii.edu

or Michael Shintaku, shintaku@hawaii.edu

History of New Varieties

Mr. Christopher ‘Popo’ Bernabe (UH Agricultural Technician) used conventional cross-pollination of taro flowers to produce hundreds of different individual taro plants. These taro plants were planted in a field outside of Hilo, and evaluated for yield, quality, and resistance to Taro Leaf Blight. After evaluation for two years, the most promising individuals were placed into tissue-culture, multiplied, and distributed to research stations on Maui, Molokai, and Oahu for further evaluation.

more information at

https://sites.google.com/hawaii.edu/taro/home

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Research Update on New Taro Varieties: Mini-Conference

Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at 12 noon to 2:00 p.m. HST

Program

12:00 – 12:15 p.m. “Overview of State-wide Evaluation of new Taro Varieties that are Resistant to Taro Leaf Blight” Susan Miyasaka, Agronomist, College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources (CTAHR), Department of Tropical Plant & Soil Sciences

12:15 – 12:30 p.m. “Participatory Taro Breeding: A Model for the Future?” James Keach, Asst. Extension Agent, CTAHR, TPSS

12:30 – 12:45 p.m. “Results of State-wide Taro Variety Trials (2016 through 2021)” Roshan Paudel, Graduate Research Assistant, CTAHR, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences (PEPS)

12:45 – 1:00 p.m. Questions & Answers by panel of three speakers Moderator: Mike Shintaku, Interim CTAHR HI county administrator

1:00 – 1:15 p.m. “Citizen Science: On-farm Taro Variety Evaluation by Maui Taro Growers” Rosemary Gutierrez, Asst. Extension Agent, CTAHR, TPSS

1:15 – 1:30 p.m. “DNA Analysis: Comparing Traditional Hawaiian Taro Varieties to Newly Developed Breeding Materials” Bjarne Bartlett, PhD Candidate, CTAHR, Department of Molecular Biosciences and BioEngineering (MBBE)

1:30 – 1:45 p.m. “Future research: Where do we go from here?” Michael Shintaku, Interim CTAHR Hawaii county administrator

1:45 – 2:00 p.m. Questions and Answers by panel of three speakers Moderator: Susan Miyasaka, Agronomist, CTAHR, TPSS

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