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Name : Ty G. McDonald
Title : Assoc Extn Agent
Unit : Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences
Office : Kona Extension Office
Address : 79-7381 Mamalahoa Highway Kealakekua, HI 96750-7911
Phone : (808) 322-4884
Fax : (808) 322-4895
E-mail : tym@hawaii.edu
Specialties : Ornamentals and landscape production and Master Gardener program (W. HI)
Professional Prep/Appointments : M.S. (Agronomy), University of Hawai’i at Manoa – 1998.
B.S. (Plant & Soil Science), University of Vermont – 1983.
Projects : 1. Production and Management of Ornamental Plants/Landscapes in West Hawaii. (Plan of Work). 2004 to 2008.
2. Basic IPM Education and Training Program for Landscape Maintenance. (IPM Program). 2005 to 2007.
3. Development of Surinam Cherry (Eugenia uniflora L.) into a Commercially-Viable Specialty Fruit for Hawaii. (Hawaii Tropical Specialty Fruit Research & Development Grant) 2006 to 2008.
Extension/Research Interests : Plant Health Care
IPM
Plant Propagation
Selected Publications : a. Refereed publications
Miyasaka, S.C., J.D. Hanson, T.G. McDonald and G.K. Fukumoto. 2007. Effects of nitrogen and potassium in kikuyu grass on feeding by yellow sugarcane aphid. Crop Protection 26 (2007) 511-517.
Miyasaka, S.C., J.D. Hanson, G.K. Fukumoto, T.G. McDonald. 2003. Screening kikuyu grass for resistance to yellow sugarcane aphid. 2003 Annual Meeting, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Soc. of America, Soil Science Soc. of America. (poster).
b. Extension publications
Hara, A., Niino-DuPonte, R. Jacobsen, C., Chun, S., McDonald, T., Nagamine, W., and Heu, R. 2005. Cycad Scale on Sago Palm. Cooperative Extension Service, UH-CTAHR Cooperative Extension Service Publication IP-23, Oct. 2005.
Hara, A., Niino-DuPonte, R. Jacobsen, C., Chun, S., Nagata, N., McDonald, T., Nagamine, W., and Heu, R. 2004. What’s killing my sago palm? Cycad scale. University of Hawaii, CTAHR and Hawaii Department of Agriculture. (tri-fold brochure).
c. Industry publications
McDonald, T. 2004. Organic-based landscaping increases. Hawaii Landscape, July/Aug. 2004.
McDonald, T. 2004. Invasive pest reconnaissance. Big Island Association of Nurserymen Quarterly Newsletter, Jan.-May 2004.
d. Newsletter development
West Hawaii Ornamental & Landscape E-news (WHOLE). 2005-present.
A quarterly UH-CTAHR Cooperative Extension Service newsletter, in electronic format, for stakeholders in the landscape (design, installation, maintenance) and ornamental plant nursery (production) industries in West Hawaii.
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