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                    [Summary] => MALOLOS CITY — Thanks to timely intervention, tungro infestation in about 300 hectares of ricelands in Bulacan has been contained, agriculture officials said.


Perla Bangit, integrated pest management coordinator of the provincial agriculture office, told The STAR that farmers in San Miguel and San Ildefonso towns in northeastern Bulacan first noticed the infestation late last month.


Had it not been contained promptly, Bangit said the infestation could have affected 500 hectares.


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Agriculturist Avelino Lunag, who consolidated the report, said the tungro infestation has already destroyed about 6,000 metric tons of palay valued at P49 million. 


Tungro has also ravaged ricefields in Kalinga, with losses estimated at P20 million this wet cropping season.  


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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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Agriculturist Avelino Lunag, who consolidated the report, said the tungro infestation has already destroyed about 6,000 metric tons of palay valued at P49 million. 


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Tungro infestation in 2 Bulacan towns contained

By Dino Balabo | November 10, 2006 - 12:00am

MALOLOS CITY — Thanks to timely intervention, tungro infestation in about 300 hectares of ricelands in Bulacan has been contained, agriculture officials said. Perla Bangit, integrated pest management coordinator...

Nation

Tungro ravages 2,000 hectares of ricefields in 8 Kalinga towns

By Artemio Dumlao | October 15, 2006 - 12:00am

BAGUIO CITY — Tungro, the dreadful palay disease, has spread to Ifugao, infesting nearly 2,000 hectares of ricefields in eight of the province’s 11 municipalities, the provincial agricultural, environment...

Nation

PhilRice soon to introduce beta-carotene enriched rice

March 22, 2006 - 12:00am

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...

Freeman Cebu Business