Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) Non-native fungi, viruses, etc. in Hawaii
Information index for selected species

This is an index of information available about selected alien (non-native) fungi, viruses, etc. which are in--OR that might/would be invasive or harmful if they reached--Hawaii (species list begins below). (Information indexes for other organism groups are also available.)

NOTE RE: SEARCHING: Use the "Find" feature of your browser to quickly locate a particular family, genus, species, or other information on this page. Common name search (HEAR website) is also available:

 New! Pathogens of plants of Hawaii (website)

Banana bunchy top virus

Foot and mouth disease

Phytophthora katsurae (coconut heart rot)

    Info on other websites:

    • Battling Coconut Heart Rot
      This site features a number of excerpts from news publications and private correspondence regarding coconut heart rot, a fungal disease which can devastate coconut trees.

Puccinia psidii ('ohia rust)

West Nile Virus (WNV)

West Nile Virus (WNV) is a potential serious threat to birds and human health in Hawaii.

See HEAR's West Nile Virus page for links to more information RE: West Nile Virus (WNV).

PDF icon This document is in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. If your computer is not already set up to read these files, you can download the FREE Adobe Acrobat reader. You can set up most web browsers to automatically invoke this reader (as a "helper application" or "add-in") upon encountering documents of this type (refer to your browser's documentation for how to do this). [Download Acrobat reader]
[ Alien Species In Hawaii ]    [ HEAR project ]
This page was created on 24 August 2000 and was last updated on 21 November 2006 by PT.