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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 280434 [Title] => And now, mistisang talong [Summary] => Mistisang talong, a new eggplant variety bred by a Los Baños scientist, continues to rate high among farmers in various parts of the country.
Its come-ons are its good qualities, particularly its high yield. As gathered by this writer, it has a maximum yield potential of 30 tons per hectare, as against the 15-20 t/ha of common eggplant varieties grown by farmers.
Tisay, as it has now come to be fondly called, is also resistant to weeds and plant pests and diseases and can weather typhoons.
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 230692 [Title] => And now, mistisang talong [Summary] => If the rice sector now has its "mestizo" hybrid varieties, the eggplant industry has is hybrid "mistisang talong".
Codenamed A300, the up-and-coming eggplant variety was bred by Dr. Rodel Maghirang of the UP Los Baños Institute of Plant Breeding (UPLB-IPB) under IPBs plant breeding program.
"Mistisa" is white with purple stripes, grows to 20 centimeters long, has a long shelf life and acceptable quality and very prolific.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 224700 [Title] => Labong has cyanide but no cause for worry, if... [Summary] => Heres a less known fact that many are not aware of: The shoots of some bamboo species ("labong") has cyanide.
This is manifested by the bitter or acrid taste of this popular food item relished as "dinengdeng a rabong" by the Ilocanos, "paklay" by the Visayans, "atsara" or pickle by the Tagalogs, "bulanglang na labong" by the Batangueños, and "guinataang labong" by the Bicolanos.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) ) )
DR. MERDELYN CAASI-LIT
Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 280434 [Title] => And now, mistisang talong [Summary] => Mistisang talong, a new eggplant variety bred by a Los Baños scientist, continues to rate high among farmers in various parts of the country.
Its come-ons are its good qualities, particularly its high yield. As gathered by this writer, it has a maximum yield potential of 30 tons per hectare, as against the 15-20 t/ha of common eggplant varieties grown by farmers.
Tisay, as it has now come to be fondly called, is also resistant to weeds and plant pests and diseases and can weather typhoons.
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 230692 [Title] => And now, mistisang talong [Summary] => If the rice sector now has its "mestizo" hybrid varieties, the eggplant industry has is hybrid "mistisang talong".
Codenamed A300, the up-and-coming eggplant variety was bred by Dr. Rodel Maghirang of the UP Los Baños Institute of Plant Breeding (UPLB-IPB) under IPBs plant breeding program.
"Mistisa" is white with purple stripes, grows to 20 centimeters long, has a long shelf life and acceptable quality and very prolific.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 224700 [Title] => Labong has cyanide but no cause for worry, if... [Summary] => Heres a less known fact that many are not aware of: The shoots of some bamboo species ("labong") has cyanide.
This is manifested by the bitter or acrid taste of this popular food item relished as "dinengdeng a rabong" by the Ilocanos, "paklay" by the Visayans, "atsara" or pickle by the Tagalogs, "bulanglang na labong" by the Batangueños, and "guinataang labong" by the Bicolanos.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) ) )
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