{"id":137890,"date":"2021-03-29T11:32:32","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T21:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=137890"},"modified":"2021-03-29T11:33:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T21:33:58","slug":"in-memoriam-james-brewbaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/03\/29\/in-memoriam-james-brewbaker\/","title":{"rendered":"In memoriam: Horticulturist James Brewbaker, the ‘King of Corn’"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

\"James<\/p>\n

Affectionately known as “Dr. B” by his students and colleagues, James Brewbaker<\/strong>, who had a long and illustrious career in the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources<\/a> (CTAHR<\/abbr> ) at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa, died on March 15. <\/p>\n

Brewbaker came to UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa in 1961 as a young researcher, and would remain with CTAHR<\/abbr> for the next six decades. He went on to author nearly 300 scientific publications throughout his 70-year career.<\/p>\n

\"corn\"<\/p>\n

An incredibly productive and innovative scientist in plant breeding, Brewbaker won numerous national and international awards for research excellence. He was instrumental in creating the tropical sweet corn seed industry that did not exist when he began, but is now a major world industry. For example, his “Hawaiian Supersweet #9,” is a standard variety in Thailand, the world\u2019s largest producer of canned corn. Many of his varieties can be found across Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and internationally, including the well-known “Kahuku Sweet Corn”—all of them noted for resistance to tropical diseases and insects.<\/p>\n