Tropical HTIRC

The Tropical Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center is a collaborative research and extension center for tropical tree breeding and silviculture.

[Tropical HTIRC @TropHTIRC]

Today (Friday. October 17), Pandu Wirabuana will be defending his PhD dissertation titled "Mixed Stand Management between ʻIliahi and Host Plants
in a Restored Tropical Dry Forest in Hawai’i”.
Good luck Pandu!!

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Emily Thyroff is defending her PhD dissertation tomorrow!

[Bee Redfield @BirdingBee]

We have THREE funded Hawai'i forest restoration Ph.D. or M.S. fellowship positions available for our lab @TropHTIRC in 2022! Please share - deadline for Spring start is Dec 1st! 🌱🤙

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So great to see Kyle's last PhD paper published from field studies with DHHL - underplanting of koa in sugi pine! https://t.co/pfHcsi1ckh

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So exciting to welcome Kylle to Purdue!

[Emily Thyroff @emthyroff]

Humans are intimately connected with forest ecosystems. PhD candidate Bekah Ohara @PurdueFNR @TropHTIRC shared how community-managed forests in Hawaiʻi can support local communities, maintain forest access, and mālama (take care of) forest ecosystems.

https://t.co/ACmKfYDHGB

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Van for Outdoor Biocultural Education in Hawaii | Created by Akaka Foundation For Tropical Forests https://t.co/uCiAg1XgrK

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Pacific Rim Tonewoods is also doing great things with koa!!

[Society of American Foresters @foresters]

Have you ever seen figured maple? #SAFmember and consulting forester John Keller is assisting with field location of super-figured parent maples, while cloning is taking place at Pacific Rim Tonewoods’ progeny testing sites in WA. #SAFMemberSpotlight https://t.co/LJBCj2csxF

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Next our amazing Tropical HTIRC PhD student, Aziz, will be studying cold stress adaptation in Acacia koa !!

[Aziz Ebrahimi @aziz_aebrahimi]

Morpho-Physiological and Genomic Evaluation of Juglans Species Reveals Regional Maladaptation to Cold Stress

https://t.co/7wD02eGEyd

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Congratulations to Lilian Ayala, who successfully defended and deposited her MS thesis entitled "“Freeze Tolerance and Genetic Variability of Acacia koa A. Gray, a Key Hawaiian Tree Species”

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The next Tropical HTIRC advisory committee meeting will be held on Monday, December 16 at the beautiful Lyon Arboretum on Oahu. https://t.co/ZInyDW6jg0

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Through Dec 31, Patagonia Action Works will match donations made to the Akaka Foundation for Tropical Forests (up to $10,000 per donation)!!
https://t.co/g9VhRZAX7W

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New research publication from former PhD student Kyle Rose on response of koa to planting in canopy gaps!

https://t.co/hsrIdXP1EN

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New research publication from former PhD student Kyle Rose on koa eco-physiology!

https://t.co/Ba41qC36SW