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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting <br />Minutes – September 24, 2018 <br />another bit of research that’s underway – to see if the fungicide will keep the <br />fungus from infecting the tree. <br /> <br />TN: So there was a person that attempted to inform he University that there was a <br />sea cucumber in the ocean that excretes a white substance that kills fungus – <br />have you folks looked into that? <br /> <br />SB: I’m not aware of that investigator or of any work looking at that – no – I don’t <br />know – there may be but I am not aware. <br /> <br />TN: Could I share that with you. So would you leave your contact number, <br />possibly email and phone number? <br /> <br />SB: Sure. And Chairman has my contact information and I can leave my card here <br />with the staff. <br /> <br />TN: That would be terrific because it was shared with the University and the <br />response they don’t have anybody to go into the ocean to do the testing. I <br />mean if this is gonna be terminal to our ohia forest shouldn’t every aspect be <br />looked into? <br /> <br />SB: Certainly... <br /> <br />TN: All right. Thank you. <br /> <br />GD: This is George. I was wondering if you have ever found any tree that might <br />have displayed some sort of immunity or ahigher chance of perhaps <br />surviving? <br /> <br />SB: There is research underway, again, another facet – is there’s four or five <br />different known varieties of ohia that occur here on Hawaii Island and they <br />are doing studies to see if there’s a higher level of resistance among the <br />different varieties. There was a graduate student and UH Hilo that got his <br />masters on that and he’s been hired on with the U.S. Department of <br />Agriculture to continue that work as a paid employee – continuing the work <br />that he’s started and looking at whether or not there are some varieties of <br />ohia that are resistant to the fungus. It’s in its early stages and the seed <br />banking effort that’s been underway for several years now is gonna be helpful <br />to their – they’re collecting seed, banking it and identifying which variety they <br />are so that if and when there’s the opportunity to do restoration we can begin <br />to grow them in the outhouse and get trees planted in the ground. <br /> <br />TL: Which is the most easily transmittable of the two viruses. Is it Luku or Huli? <br /> <br />18 <br /> <br /> <br />