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Chen Wen-yu (Chinese: 陳文郁; 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.

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rdfs:comment	Chen Wen-yu (Chinese: 陳文郁; 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. (en) 陳文郁（1925年11月20日－2012年12月7日），臺灣蔬果育種家，臺南市永康區人，農友種苗（页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）兼創辦人。畢生所培育出的新品種蔬果，總數超過1000多種蔬果品種，其中包括無籽西瓜、黃皮紅肉的「黛安娜」西瓜等200多種西瓜新品種（西瓜種子品種占全球1/4比例之多），以及聖女小番茄、蜜世界哈密瓜、新世紀哈密瓜、紅皮南瓜、綠色苦瓜、白色茄子、迷你冬瓜等蔬果。2000年入選為《天下雜誌》影響200「開拓」的代表人物。2006年獲選為Discovery頻道《台灣人物誌》6名主角之1，介紹他在農業領域上的成就與故事。 (zh)
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has abstract	Chen Wen-yu (Chinese: 陳文郁; 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. (en) 陳文郁（1925年11月20日－2012年12月7日），臺灣蔬果育種家，臺南市永康區人，農友種苗（页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）兼創辦人。畢生所培育出的新品種蔬果，總數超過1000多種蔬果品種，其中包括無籽西瓜、黃皮紅肉的「黛安娜」西瓜等200多種西瓜新品種（西瓜種子品種占全球1/4比例之多），以及聖女小番茄、蜜世界哈密瓜、新世紀哈密瓜、紅皮南瓜、綠色苦瓜、白色茄子、迷你冬瓜等蔬果。2000年入選為《天下雜誌》影響200「開拓」的代表人物。2006年獲選為Discovery頻道《台灣人物誌》6名主角之1，介紹他在農業領域上的成就與故事。 (zh)
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