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President Aquino has been invited to deliver the keynote address for this year’s celebration of the National Biotechnology Week (NBW), which will be held at the SM Mall of Asia from Nov. 22 to 28.

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The Department of Agriculture and the Mindanao State University (MSU) are collaborating to reinvigorate the troubled abaca industry in the south which used to be a big foreign exchange earner through a newly-developed biotechnology variety that has been proven to be resistant to deadly viruses.

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Malunggay-based ice cream. Malunggay pretzel.

These are among the new “flavors of Ilocandia” made by the Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU), a multi-campus institution in Ilocos Norte.

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Top scientists and tissue-culture experts from the PCA-Albay Research Center (ARC) based in Guinobatan, Albay, are now working on a two-year modern biotechnology project aimed at establishing a protocol for clonal propagation of coconut.
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All eyes are now on Dr. Joan Marie S. Agarcio, a geneticist and molecular biologist from the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) as far as the project is concerned.
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The marathon meeting will be held at the Sikatuna Beach Hotel in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro on April 24 and 25, 2006.

Biotechnology and its application to agriculture has become popular as it offers solution to the problem of diminishing agricultural land devoted to food production.
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President Aquino has been invited to deliver the keynote address for this year’s celebration of the National Biotechnology Week (NBW), which will be held at the SM Mall of Asia from Nov. 22 to 28.

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The Department of Agriculture and the Mindanao State University (MSU) are collaborating to reinvigorate the troubled abaca industry in the south which used to be a big foreign exchange earner through a newly-developed biotechnology variety that has been proven to be resistant to deadly viruses.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 17399 [Title] => Malunggay ice cream & other ‘Ilocandia flavors’ [Summary] =>

Malunggay-based ice cream. Malunggay pretzel.

These are among the new “flavors of Ilocandia” made by the Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU), a multi-campus institution in Ilocos Norte.

[DatePublished] => 2007-09-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1723283 [AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 390101 [Title] => PCA eyes clonal propagation of coconut [Summary] => The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) is embarking on a project that will help establish a protocol for the clonal propagation of coconut to improve the efficiency of somatic embryo formation, germination and plantlet regeneration.

Top scientists and tissue-culture experts from the PCA-Albay Research Center (ARC) based in Guinobatan, Albay, are now working on a two-year modern biotechnology project aimed at establishing a protocol for clonal propagation of coconut.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 388944 [Title] => Bayer’s GMO rice will be screened thoroughly – BPI [Summary] => The Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) has assured the public that genetically modified organisms approved for commercial re-lease in the Philippines will un-dergo the stringent regulatory process to make sure that GMOs entering the country, either for food or for feed are safe, BPI officer-in-charge Joel S. Rudinas said, adding that they are nowin the process of assessing Bayer’s Liberty Link (LL) Rice 62 or LLRICE62 application for importation for direct use as food, feed and for processing.
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All eyes are now on Dr. Joan Marie S. Agarcio, a geneticist and molecular biologist from the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) as far as the project is concerned.
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The marathon meeting will be held at the Sikatuna Beach Hotel in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro on April 24 and 25, 2006.

Biotechnology and its application to agriculture has become popular as it offers solution to the problem of diminishing agricultural land devoted to food production.
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