CTAHR Research News (CRN) is written and published on-line, by the CTAHR Office of Research. The objective is to provide the readers with great stories about the faculty and staff of the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources. As the founding college of the University of Hawaii, CTAHR has a long and glorious history of serving Hawaii's agricultural and rural communities. We take pride in our land-grant mission of education, research and cooperative extension (outreach). We hope that these stories will help you understand the diverse mission and the high quality, high impact research done by CTAHR's faculty and staff.