{"id":127120,"date":"2020-09-16T10:59:45","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T20:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=127120"},"modified":"2020-09-16T13:09:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T23:09:12","slug":"giant-candy-canes-explored-in-uh-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/16\/giant-candy-canes-explored-in-uh-book\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Giant candy canes\u2019 explored in new book by <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> professor"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/manoa-ctah-kocover.jpg\" alt=\"book cover\" width=\"300\" height=\"330\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-127114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/manoa-ctah-kocover.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/manoa-ctah-kocover-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/manoa-ctah-kocover-118x130.jpg 118w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nearly a millennium before Europeans explored the Pacific, Native Hawaiians had already introduced sugarcane, known as k\u014d, to the islands. In fact, they cultivated k\u014d extensively in many ecosystems, using diverse agricultural systems and developing dozens of native varieties.<\/p>\n<p>A new book, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/uhpress.hawaii.edu\/title\/ko-an-ethnobotanical-guide-to-hawaiian-sugarcane-cultivars\/\">K\u014d: An Ethnobotanical Guide to Hawaiian Sugarcane Cultivars<\/a><\/em>, written by University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M\u0101noa\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.ctahr.hawaii.edu\/\">College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources<\/a> Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences Professor <strong>Noa Lincoln<\/strong> examines these native and heirloom k\u014d, along with detailed varietal descriptions of cultivars held in collections today.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Related <em><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> News<\/em> story: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/09\/03\/sugarcane\/\">Sugarcane is not dead, just different<\/a>, September 3, 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The book represents a decade of fieldwork and historical research by Lincoln. With more than 370 color photos, <em>K\u014d<\/em> includes the ethnobotany in Hawaiian culture, outlining its uses for food, medicine, cultural practices and ways of knowing.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They look like giant candy canes; they really grabbed my attention!&rdquo; said Lincoln. &ldquo;You can see why early explorers called them the &lsquo;Noble Canes.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Lincoln added, &ldquo;Heirloom crops are often heralded as being tastier and more nutritious than our modern varieties. This is because breeding often focuses on uniformity, disease resistance, packability and other traits. But as we breed for specific traits, we often lose others. Sugarcanes are no different, with the soft flesh of our heirloom Hawaiian canes being sweeter and juicier than modern hybrids.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Related <em><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> News<\/em> video: Sugarcane is not dead, just different<\/h2>\n<div class=\"responsive-video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b5Jd8Xfp7GU?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noa Lincoln examines native and heirloom sugarcane, along with detailed varietal descriptions of cultivars held in collections today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[212,1451,158,432,9,339],"class_list":["post-127120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-college-of-tropical-agriculture-and-human-resilience","tag-ethnobotany","tag-publication","tag-tropical-plant-and-soil-sciences","tag-uh-manoa","tag-uh-press","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127120","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=127120"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127210,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127120\/revisions\/127210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}