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Chen Wen-Yu
Chen Wen-Yu ( 20 November 1925 – 7 December 2012), () was a Taiwanese botanist, horticulturist and an inventor in agriculture science. He bred new strains and varieties of plants, including fruits, flowers, and vegetables over his 70-year-long career. At the time of his death, one fourth of the watermelon seeds in the world were supplied by Chen. He developed over 280 varieties of new watermelon species including seedless watermelons, yellow skinned watermelons with red meat (called “Diana”), and baby watermelons. He became known as the “Watermelon King” because of his extensive work with watermelons. He established Known-You Seed Cooperation at 1968, also as director of Known-You Social Welfare Foundation since 1991.
==Early life ==
Born when Taiwan was under Japanese rule and raised in a rural village in Tainan's Yongkang District which is in southern Taiwan, Chen realized the hardships farmers experienced in his childhood. When he was 14, he decided that he would study agricultural technology to help improve farmers’ lives. After he graduated from an agricultural school, he worked with Dr. Tsuneo Eguchi (江口庸雄) in FengShan Tropical Horticultural Experiment Branch of the Agricultural Research Institute, a department of the Council of Agriculture (COA) in Kaohsiung. During these time, He was inspired by Luther Burbank and Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, who are pioneers in agricultural science. Two year latter, he served in Japanese Army during the end of World War II. After war, he came back to FengShan Tropical Horticultural Experiment Branch again, doing plant breeding research. Recalling memories of his father's poor crops and the seeds they came from, Chen was devoted into the research and development of seeds better suited to Taiwan's climate and soil. This in turn led him to study cross-pollination techniques. With funding from the US Agency for International Development, he pursued advanced studies in horticulture at Chiba University in Japan. He later returned to Taiwan and founded the Kaohsiung-based Known-You Seed Co with his friends in 1968. The name “Known-You” can be transliterated as “friends of farmers” in Taiwanese.
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