The Guam Orchids and Exotic Plants Club was delighted to spend several hours on a Saturday at the Guam Department of Agriculture Tissue Culture Lab with Alicja Wiecko. They were amazed and full of questions about all aspects of cultivating orchids from tissue culture. “I don’t believe I have had a group that was so […]
Boy Scouts Use UOG Press Publication for Scavenger Hunt
Since the September 2018 release of the revised edition of Trees and Shrubs of the Mariana Islands, many people have expressed their appreciation in having an accessible reference for plants in the region. The CHamoru District Boy Scouts of America used the book to identify native and toxic plants during a scavenger hunt held in […]
Collaboration with Japanese Entomologists to Stop CRB
University of Guam entomologist, Aubrey Moore, continues to look for a solution to the coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB) that is killing Guam’s palm trees. He believes the best way to control the beetle population is through infecting them with a virus called OrNV, which attacks only rhino beetles. Many years ago, OrNV was introduced into […]
Guam Beekeepers Are Mad as Hornets
Originally from Asia, the greater banded hornet, Vespa tropica, is causing great concern among Guam beekeepers. First recorded on Guam by the University of Guam Entomology Lab on July 12, 2016, it is unclear how the hornet came to the island or exactly when it arrived. UOG graduate student and president of the Guam Beekeepers […]
CNAS Meets with Congressional Delegation
On Sunday, November 4 2018 UOG faculty and staff (Moore, Miller, Grasela and Quitugua) met with a congressional delegation, officials from the Department of Interior-Office of Island Affairs, and staff from the US Park Service to discuss what is being done to control coconut rhinoceros beetle, little fire ant, and other invasive species.
Soil and Plant Testing Services
UOG Graduate Student at National Conference
University of Guam graduate student Benjamin Deloso represented Guam at the national conference of the American Society for Horticultural Science. The Washington D.C. conference was held Jul 30 – Aug 3, and Deloso shared the results of two Guam studies designed to improve conservation of Guam’s native fadang plant. The 115-year-old society brings together professionals […]
Tropical Forest Ecology for the Region
The University of Guam (UOG) in partnership with the University of Iowa and the US Forest Service just gave a huge boost to the conservation of forests in Micronesia. After the completion of a 17-day intensive course, Tropical Forest Ecology, participants were eager to return to their home islands and apply what they had learned. […]
Island Forest Ecology Field Course
May 21- June 8, 2018 Sponsored by the US Forest Service, University of Guam, Iowa State University, and the Ecology of Bird Loss Project. Do you work in the conservation and natural resource management field in the Mariana Islands, Palau, or the Federated States of Micronesia? Or are you a student at Northern Marianas College, […]
“What’s killing my plants?” workshop tomorrow, Feb. 24
UOG Cooperative Extension & Outreach’s Dr. Andrea Blas and Jesse Bamba will lead a plant disease diagnosis clinic called “What’s Killing My Plants?” this Saturday, February 24, from 9-10am at UOG’s Agriculture and Life Sciences Building in Room 104. The clinic is free. Participants should reserve their spaces by emailing Chasy Cayton at amadoc4592@gotritons.uog.edu or […]
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