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Sugar cane still growing strong on Oahu

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CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM / OCT. 26

Tyler Jones discusses energy cane — bred to increase its biomass — at the Hawaii Agricultural Research Center’s Maunawili site.

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BRUCE ASATO / BASATO@STARADVERTISER.COM

HARC maintains about 1,500 varieties of sugar cane.

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BRUCE ASATO / BASATO@STARADVERTISER.COM

Tissue Culture Technician Marge Ortega works in the Tissue Culture Transfer Room separating clumps of sugar cane plants at the Hawaii Agriculture Research Center in Kunia.