| As a trade association, member companies identify challenges
that face our membership, solicit and sponsor research
proposals that may resolve these challenges.
For example, earworms are a constant threat to producing
corn seed in Hawaii. The earworms emerge from eggs
laid on the corn silk, as many as 20 or more eggs can
be desposited on a single ear. Entering the corn at
its tip, the earworms feed on the kernels as the ear
develops its seed. If left unchecked, the damage is
devastating. HCIA and Mark Wright, University of Hawaii's
Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences
at the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
have agreed that endemic and naturalized wasp species
that currently exist in Hawaii are an effective means
of control.
Read the Hawaii Agriculture Magazine, PMP Company,
article, "Wasps
Could Kill Pests of Corn" article for more
information.
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