Probe sought in CLSU orchard project

SCIENCE CITY OF MUñOZ, Nueva Ecija – A prominent pomologist yesterday sought an investigation into the failed orchard project of the Central Luzon State University (CLSU) here which he said could have resuscitated the country’s fruit tree industry.

Bernardo Dizon, more popularly known as “Ka Bernie” said Congress should investigate the pomology section of the CLSU which performance has been a dismal failure because the school administration failed to exert a sustained effort to improve on its “ancient and backward technology.” If managed properly, he said, the fruit tree industry could have served as top dollar-earner considering the high demand for fruits.

Dizon said the university’s Board of Regents, should take pains to conduct a parallel investigation of the failed orchard project and other anomalies. Dizon recalled that since a decade ago, he has already called the attention of CLSU authorities to look into the failed plant technology being practiced inside the campus. He said that had the authorities replicated the technology already in place at the CLSU which he introduced in 1993, Nueva Ecija and Central Luzon would already have been reaping the benefits of this technology.

He said several thousands of seedlings he provided the university in the early stage of his stay there have all died because they were denied watering. He added that through his technology employing double-rooted, the university could produce its own stocks of fruit free seedlings.       – Manny Galvez