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Researchers from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources have discovered two new viruses that are attacking hibiscus plants in Hawaii and may endanger the state flower.
Two new viruses are infecting hibiscus plants in Hawaiʻi and they could pose a threat to the state flower, the yellow hibiscus, according to researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Infected hibiscus plants show mosaic, ringspot and chlorotic spots on their leaves.
CTAHR, the UH Campus Arboretum and Landscape Services worked together to manage the pest.
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