Vegetable and Root Crops

Please Note: The CTAHR publications database reflects over a century of study by researchers and extension agents in the College. Much of the information contained in earlier publications is still of practical and technical use, and the documents are an unparalleled resource for Hawai'i agricultural and horticultural history. However, some publications also make recommendations that are no longer in accordance with more recent advances in understanding. For instance, they may specify pesticides or methods of using them that are no longer allowable under current State or federal regulations. Before using any pesticide, always read its label for approved uses, and follow label directions for application. Other publications may advocate the use of particular plant species that are now considered invasive. The Invasive Species Council is continually making assessments on this matter; see their Web site at http://www.hawaiiinvasivespecies.org for the latest recommendations on identification and control of these species.

'Poamoho' pole bean   [RES-051]  [1984]

A Hawaiian perspective on taro growing   [RES-114-16]  [1990]

A Simplified Method of Multiplying Bacterial Wilt-Free Edible Ginger (Zingiber officinale) in Pots   [PD-93]  [2013]

A suspended net-pot, non-circulating hydroponic method for commercial production of leafy, romaine, and semi-head lettuce   [VC-1]  [2010]

A sweetpotato variety trial on Hawaii: preliminary results   [RC-1]  [2010]

Asparagus   [HGV-9]  [1999]

Automation of LED Grow Light Control   [FST-71]  [2023]

Bell pepper   [HGV-3]  [1997]

Breeding and evaluation of taro (Colocasia esculenta) for the South Pacific region   [RES-140-01]  [1990]

Broccoli   [HGV-6]  [1997]

Bulb onion production in Hawaii   [onion_production]  [1999]

Bulb onion production in Hawaii     [1999]      For sale

Cabbage cost of production spreadsheet     [1999]

Carrots   [HGV-1]  [1997]

Cauliflower   [HGV-7]  [1997]

Clubroot Disease of Crucifer Crops   [PD-117]  [2019]

Colocasia taro on Pohnpei Island   [RES-140-02]  [1993]

Colocasia taro varieties on Pohnpei   [RES-140-03]  [1993]

Commercial potato production in Hawaii   [EB-015]  [1931]

Commercial vegetable production in Hawaii   [EB-16]  [1932]

Composted swine manure for vegetable crop application   [AWM-3]  [2005]

Continuing role of aroids in the root crop-based cropping system of Tonga   [RES-140-04]  [1993]

Cooking with Youth in School Gardens   [HG-47]  [2023]

Corn cost of production spreadsheet     [1999]

Corn production in the tropics -- the Hawaii experience     [2003]      For sale

Corn production in the tropics; the Hawaii experience   [corn2003]  [2003]

Cost and return of Chinese taro production in the Hilo area   [RES-114-04]  [1990]

Crop improvement in Hawaii: past, present, and future   [MP-180]  [1982]

Cucumber   [HGV-17]  [2018]

Determination of herbicide residues in edible taro parts and wetland flood waters   [RES-114-09]  [1990]

Development of new taro varieties through breeding   [RES-114-07]  [1990]

Diseases of ginger (Zingiber officinale) in Hawaii   [C2-62]  [1964]

Diseases of taro in Hawaii and their control; with notes on field production   [C2-18]  [1941]

Dryland taro production   [RES-114-15]  [1990]

Ecology of a typical taro farm at Sabana, Rota, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands   [RES-140-05]  [1993]

Economics of ginger root production in Hawaii   [AB-12]  [1998]

Effect of Alomae-Bobone Virus Complex on young taro seedlings and other aroid species in controlled conditions   [RES-140-07]  [1993]

Effect of black plastic mulch on yield of dryland taro production   [RES-140-08]  [1993]

Effect of planting Coleus blumei on insect populations in taro (Colocasia esculenta) fields in Amercican Somoa   [RES-140-09]  [1993]

Effects of fertilizer, late weeding, and desuckering on yield and pest populations of taro   [RES-140-10]  [1993]

Effects of mulching and intercropping on upland taro   [RES-114-11]  [1990]

Evaluation of Romaine Lettuce Varieties for Commercial Production in Hawaii 2011–2014   [VC-3]  [2014]

Farming With Bees: The Synchronization of Pollinator Plantings to Increase Production of Cucurbit Crops   [SA-6]  [2013]

Feasibility of potato production in Hawaii   [RS-026]  [1984]

Field cucumber production guidelines for Hawaii   [RES-151]  [1994]

Foods used by Filipinos in Hawaii   [B-98]  [1946]

Four Taro Cultivars Compared for Leaf (Luau) Production   [VC-10]  [2023]

Fresh basil production guidelines for Hawaii   [RES-154]  [1994]

Garlic Production Guidelines for Hawai'i   [VC-8]  [2022]

Genetic resistance to Alomae-Bobone Virus Complex, the lethal disease of taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) schott)   [RES-140-12]  [1993]

Ginger root cost of production spreadsheet     [1999]

Ginger root production in Hawaii   [CFS-GIN-3A]  [1992]

Ginger: Postharvest Quality-Maintenance Guidelines   [VC-2]  [2015]

Growing Direct-Seeded Watercress by Two Non-Circulating Hydroponic Methods   [VC-7]  [2016]

Hawai'i Turmeric Production Guidelines   [VC-9]  [2023]

Home garden beans   [HGV-8]  [2004]

Home garden edible-podded pea   [HGV-11]  [2004]

Home garden oriental leafy greens   [HGV-10]  [2004]

Home garden tomato   [HGV-5]  [2004]

Insects attacking the sweet potato in Hawaii   [B-22]  [1911]

Insects injurious to corn   [B-27]  [1912]

Intercropping Colocasia taro with black pepper (Piper nigrum) on Pohnpei   [RES-140-13]  [1993]

Leguminous crops for Hawaii   [B-23]  [1911]

Lettuce for the home garden   [HGV-2]  [2000]

Low-input and high-input dryland taro weed control in Hawaii   [RES-140-14]  [1993]

Manoa Wonder, new root-knot nematode resistant pole bean   [C2-67]  [1968]

Marketing of Chinese taro in Los Angeles   [RES-114-05]  [1990]

Meisner, a Coffee Rootstock Selection with Increased Tolerance to the Kona Coffee Root-Knot Nematode   [FN-67]  [2024]

Na hoao no ke pale ana i ka pala o ke kalo   [PB-004]  [1903]

Needs and Interests of Experienced Hawaii Seed Savers   [SA-24]  [2023]

Nitrogen application promotes root proliferation and vegetative growth in corn   [IC-07]  [1977]

No ka hooulu ana i ke kalo   [No ka hooulu]  [1911]

No-till taro production in Hawaii   [RES-140-15]  [1993]

Onion cost of production spreadsheet     [1999]

Onions: bulb and green bunching   [HGV-16]  [1997]

Pesticides currently registered for use in taro in Hawaii (2007)   [SCM-22]  [2007]

Phosphorus fertilization for dryland taro   [RES-114-13]  [1990]

Phosphorus fertilizer management for romaine lettuce grown in fertile volcanic ash soils of Hawai‘i   [SCM-19]  [2007]

Poi consumption: Consumption of a traditional staple in the contemporary era, in Honolulu, Hawaii   [DP-54]  [1981]

Poi: A Superfood   [poi_trifold_brochure]  [2018]

Potential for production of Alocasia, giant taro, on the Hamakua coast of the island of Hawaii   [RES-114-08]  [1990]

Potentials for shade management in agroforestry systems for taro cropping   [RES-140-16]  [1993]

Preliminary results of dryland taro spacing and fertilizer timing   [RES-114-14]  [1990]

Proceedings of Taking Taro into the 1990s: A Taro Conference   [RES-114]  [1990]

Proceedings of the Taro Conference   [MP-36]  [1967]

Processing and chemical investigations of taro   [B-86]  [1941]

Production and marketing of truck crops in the Territory of Hawaii   [B-78]  [1938]

Production costs of selected vegetable crops in Hawaii (cabbage, cucumber, green onion, and lettuce)   [AB-13]  [1999]

Propagating taro by the normally dormant buds present on huli and corm   [PN-021]  [1941]

Prospects for biological control of taro beetles, Papuana spp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), in the South Pacific   [RES-140-17]  [1993]

Relationship between nematode populations and corm rot in ‘Bun Long’ taro production   [RES-140-18]  [1993]

Research priorities for taro in the Pacific Islands   [RES-140-31]  [1993]

Rhizopus soft rot of sweetpotato   [PD-68]  [2009]

Shading Reduces Yields of Edible Ginger Rhizomes Grown in Sub-Irrigated Pots   [RC-2]  [2013]

Some comments on asking the right questions, getting the right answers   [RES-140-19]  [1993]

Some dietetic factors influencing the market for poi in Hawaii   [AEB-3]  [1952]

Some tropical South Pacific island foods; description, history, use, composition, and nutritive value   [B-110]  [1958]

Specific gravity evaluation of corm quality in taro   [C2-61]  [1964]

Sugarcane Pieces: Postharvest Quality-Maintenance Guidelines   [VC-4]  [2015]

Summer squash   [HGV-15]  [1997]

Sustainable management practices of taro (Colocasia esculenta) production in Western Samoa   [RES-140-20]  [1993]

Sustainable taro culture: Fiji situation   [RES-140-21]  [1993]

Sweet corn   [HGV-4]  [2008]

Sweetpotato production guides for Hawaii   [RES-146]  [1994]

Symbiotic nitrogen fixation by legumes requires extra phosphorus   [IC-17]  [1980]

Symptoms of plant malnutrition--visual symptoms and incipient malnutrition   [IC-04]  [1972]

Taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) in the atolls and low islands of Micronesia   [RES-140-22]  [1993]

Taro (wet production) cost of production spreadsheet     [1999]

Taro corm quality and postharvest handling for processing   [RES-114-06]  [1990]

Taro cultivars in Samoa   [RES-140-23]  [1993]

Taro cultivation in Kosrae   [RES-140-24]  [1993]

Taro diseases   [RES-114-11]  [1990]

Taro food products   [RES-114-02]  [1990]

Taro growing on Yap   [RES-140-25]  [1993]

Taro Industry Analysis Number 4; Submitted to the Governor's Agriculture Coordinating Committee   [Taro_Industry_Analysis4]  [1990]

Taro leaf blight in Hawaii   [PD-71]  [2011]

Taro research in Palau since 1990   [RES-140-26]  [1993]

Taro root aphid   [RES-114-10]  [1990]

Taro trade and cost of production in selected areas of the American affiliated Pacific   [RES-140-27]  [1993]

Taro varieties in Hawaii   [B-084]  [1939]

Taro Vein Chlorosis   [PD-111]  [2016]

Taro: Postharvest Quality-Maintenance Guidelines   [VC-5]  [2015]

The economic feasibility of growing taro in rotation with field corn for dairy silage on the island of Kauai   [RES-061]  [1985]

The economics of commercial wetland taro production in Hawaii   [AB-07]  [1994]

The root rot of taro   [B-2]  [1902]

The sweet potato in Hawaii   [B-50]  [1923]

The sweetpotato weevils in Hawaii; their biology and control   [TB-23]  [1954]

Tomato cost of production spreadsheet     [1999]

Tomato yellow leaf curl   [PD-70]  [2010]

Traditional taro cultivation in the Solomon Islands   [RES-140-28]  [1993]

Ung Choi: Postharvest Quality-Maintenance Guidelines   [VC-6]  [2015]

Upland taro   [HGV-18]  [1997]

Use of tropical vegetables to improve diets in the Pacific Region   [RS-028]  [1984]

Utilization and composition of Oriental vegetables in Hawaii   [B-60]  [1929]

Vegetable soybean   [HGV-14]  [1997]

Water needs for sustainable taro culture in Hawaii   [RES-140-29]  [1993]

Watermelon trials in Hawaii   [C2-68]  [1968]

Ways to use vegetables in Hawaii   [B-97]  [1946]

Welcoming address: Taking Taro into the 1990s: A Taro Conference   [RES-114-01]  [1990]

What’s the mainland market for Chinese taro and who’s the competition?   [RES-114-03]  [1990]

Winter diseases of lettuce   [CFS-LE-4(A)]  [1986]

Yield and profitability of taro production under three weed management schemes at Rota, commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands   [RES-140-30]  [1993]

Zucchini cost of production spreadsheet     [1999]