Koa wilt trees. Outrigger canoe racing, often in koa canoes, is still a popular and highly competitive sport of cultural significance. Koa wilt Koa wilt is a relatively new disease to Hawaii, discovered in 1980. Koa wilt is caused by a forma specialis of the fungus "Fusarium oxysporum", which is now abundant in Hawaiian soils and infects the native Acacia koa tree, a once-dominant species in the canopy of Hawaiian forests. Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. koae is believed to have been brought into Hawaii on an ornamental acacia plant. Fusarium fungi clog the tree xylem, causing significant wilt and mortality among these beautiful
Na Koa Ikaika Maui Baseball Clubs. The team shut down operations after playing the 2013 Pacific Association season due to the travel costs of bringing in the teams from Northern California. Na Koa Ikaika Maui On December 23, 2009, Michael Cummings, the CEO of XnE, Inc. that founded the team, announced the hiring of former St. George RoadRunners skipper Cory Snyder as the first manager and the signing of 30-year-old GBL veteran Mark Okano. The team also signed 2009 Golden Baseball League All-Star Fehlandt Lentini. The team's colors are black, green, yellow and red in keeping with the spirit of the Islands. The team's