+ Follow PLANT BREEDING Tag
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[Title] => Comm’l corn breeder honored as outstanding UPLB alumnus
[Summary] => Former University of the Philippines Los Baños professor Peter S. Guzman received the highest honor bestowed upon former students of the UPLB for his excellent work in the formulation of a more improved corn breed variety.
[DatePublished] => 2015-11-07 09:00:00
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[Title] => PhilRice soon to introduce beta-carotene enriched rice
[Summary] => A new disease resistant and nutritionally enriched rice variety will soon be introduced by the Philippine Rice Research Institute ( PhilRice ) before 2010.
Dr. Antonio Alfonso, the head of the PhilRice's Plant Breeding and biotechnology division said that their aim is to produce, after about three years, a rice variety which is rich in beta-carotene or Vitamin A and resistant to "Tungro" disease and bacterial blight.
Alfonso explained that tungro is a disease of palay that strikes in the early stage, resulting to reduced palay production.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-22 00:00:00
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[Title] => Field Trials Of 'Mutant' Corn: GenSan execs asked to reconsiderban
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Agroseed Phils., which is currently conducting field trials in Lagao, General
Santos City together with the UP Institute for Plant Breeding to test the
adaptability of a genetically engineered corn variety, said they will still try
to convince the local government to reconsider its decision banning the
experiment.
"It will be a waste since this early, we can already see that the field tests
are successful and Bt corn can help local farmers, who are now suffering
from the devastating effects of the Asian corn borer," Agroseed's Dr.
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[Title] => PhilRice soon to introduce beta-carotene enriched rice
[Summary] => A new disease resistant and nutritionally enriched rice variety will soon be introduced by the Philippine Rice Research Institute ( PhilRice ) before 2010.
Dr. Antonio Alfonso, the head of the PhilRice's Plant Breeding and biotechnology division said that their aim is to produce, after about three years, a rice variety which is rich in beta-carotene or Vitamin A and resistant to "Tungro" disease and bacterial blight.
Alfonso explained that tungro is a disease of palay that strikes in the early stage, resulting to reduced palay production.
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[Title] => Field Trials Of 'Mutant' Corn: GenSan execs asked to reconsiderban
[Summary] =>
Agroseed Phils., which is currently conducting field trials in Lagao, General
Santos City together with the UP Institute for Plant Breeding to test the
adaptability of a genetically engineered corn variety, said they will still try
to convince the local government to reconsider its decision banning the
experiment.
"It will be a waste since this early, we can already see that the field tests
are successful and Bt corn can help local farmers, who are now suffering
from the devastating effects of the Asian corn borer," Agroseed's Dr.
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November 7, 2015 - 9:00am
February 29, 2000 - 12:00am
