{"id":218797,"date":"2025-07-17T10:16:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T20:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=218797"},"modified":"2025-07-17T13:09:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T23:09:28","slug":"seed-lab-revives-local-favorite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/17\/seed-lab-revives-local-favorite\/","title":{"rendered":"Return of the corn: 东精影业<\/abbr> Seed Lab revives local favorite"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Volunteers picking Hawaiian Super Sweet #9 silver and yellow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After a pandemic-driven hiatus, the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span>‘s Seed Lab<\/a> in Waim\u0101nalo has successfully harvested its first crop of the Sweet Corn #9, bringing back a staple for local farmers and dinner tables.<\/p>\n

The effort—led by the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at M\u0101noa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience<\/a> (CTAHR<\/abbr>)—yielded hundreds of pounds of Yellow and White #9 seed from a research trial at the Waim\u0101nalo Research Station. Nearly 40 staff and community volunteers contributed more than 120 hours to revive the variety.<\/p>\n

\"Volunteers
Darren Park, Sharon Yee and Desmond Ogata (left to right) were among the volunteers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The harvest also marks the return of Hawaiian Super Sweet #9 silver and yellow, a variety of corn valued for its resistance to disease and pests. It had been unavailable for purchase through the 东精影业<\/abbr> Seed Lab since the pandemic, creating a significant gap in Hawaiʻi<\/span>\u2019s local food system. The 东精影业<\/abbr> Seed Lab, a primary source of crop seeds, was down to its last few pounds before the harvesting trial.<\/p>\n

The harvest was a milestone for the 东精影业<\/abbr> Seed Program, now led by Seed Lab Manager Quynn Cytryn, and saw the return of longtime CTAHR<\/abbr> contributors Darren Park, Sharon Yee and Desmond Ogata, who came out of retirement to volunteer.<\/p>\n

Because of their combined efforts, a Hawaiʻi<\/span> favorite sweet corn will soon return to fields and dinner tables across the state, fulfilling public demand and preserving a part of 东精影业<\/abbr>‘s agricultural heritage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The local favorite returns after a successful harvest led by CTAHR<\/abbr>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":218804,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[222,212,1363,1314,73,9],"class_list":["post-218797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-agriculture","tag-college-of-tropical-agriculture-and-human-resilience","tag-manoa-research","tag-manoa-sustainability","tag-sustainability","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/manoa-ctahr-corn9.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218797"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":218836,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218797\/revisions\/218836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}