I have conducted research on plant propagation of threatened and endangered species at Volcano Rare Plant Facility since its inception in November 1993. Prior to working for CCRT I did research in plant pathology and plant tissue culture at UHH College of Agriculture. I am the local agent for the non profit Hawaiian Silversword Foundation.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Moriyasu P, Robichaux R. 2003. Propagation Protocol for Endangered Mauna Loa Silverswore, Argyroxiphium kauense (Asteraceae). Native Plants Journal vol.4 no.1
Robichaux R, Bakutis A, Bergfeld S, Bio K, Bruegmann M, Canfield J, Friar E, Jacobi J, Moriyasu, P, Perry L, Rubenstien T, Tunison T, Warshauer F. 2001. Reintroduction of the endangered Mauna Loa silversword, Argyroxiphium kauense (Asteraceae). Abstracts of the Society for Conservation Biology Fifteenth Annual Meeting. P 133.
Robichaux T, Bergfeld S, Bruegmann M, Canfield J, Moriyasu P, Rubenstein T, Tunison T, Warshauer F. 2000. Reintroducing Hawai’I’s silverswords. Endangered Species Bulletin 25:22-23