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                    [ArticleID] => 1438874
                    [Title] => Propagation of high-value fruit trees pushed
                    [Summary] => 

Banking on his numerous breakthroughs in the propagation of high-value fruit trees for over three decades now, the country’s leading and practicing fruit tree expert has called on the government to get serious in producing high-value fruit trees instead of inferior-quality species for distribution to the country’s farmers.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-29 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1424104 [Title] => There’s a lot of money in lanzones [Summary] =>

Lanzones is one of the country’s oldest and most loved fruits.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/business/business-main/20150216/Lanzones.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 779983 [Title] => The COA is on the case [Summary] =>

I’m not one for sloganeering, but “the COA is on the case” seems to be a good catchphrase to describe the work being accomplished at the Commission on Audit.

[DatePublished] => 2012-02-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134209 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804859 [AuthorName] => Domini M. Torrevillas [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 743733 [Title] => A day in the Dizon Botanic Garden [Summary] =>

The long holiday has allowed me to visit alive-and-well! friends and relatives, and indulge in some preoccupations.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134209 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804859 [AuthorName] => Domini M. Torrevillas [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 421393 [Title] => NEUST honors 'Ka Bernie' [Summary] =>

CABANATUAN CITY — The Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology (NEUST) conferred recently the degree Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa, on Bernardo O. “Ka Bernie” Dizon, recognizing him for his numerous scientific breakthroughs in the culture of high-value fruit trees utilizing multiple-rooted technology.

[DatePublished] => 2008-12-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 400364 [Title] => Is your mango farm draining your pocket? Try top-working [Summary] =>

Mango growers – who have suffered losses due to inferior varieties or inappropriate planting methods like planting at a very close distance – may yet be able to recoup their losses by adopting a tried-and-tested technology known as “top-working.”

[DatePublished] => 2008-09-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097277 [AuthorName] => Manny Galvez [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 78785 [Title] => Probe sought in CLSU orchard project [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-08-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 332854 [Title] => Noted pomologist writes book on orchard farming [Summary] => Every Sunday Ka Bernie Dizon gives a free lecture on fruit tree propagation at the DENR-PAWB-Dizon Botanic Fruit Tree Garden at the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center, North Ave., Diliman, Quezon City, near the QMC (Quezon Memorial Center).

These lectures are now in book form titled "Practical Guide to Backyard and Orchard Farming."
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 329401 [Title] => Cebu soon to become CV’s fruit basket [Summary] => Rep. Simeon L. Kintanar of the second district of Cebu and Bernie Dizon (otherwise known as Ka Bernie, the country’s top pomologist) have launched an effort to make Cebu Central Visayas’ fruit basket.

Financial support for the project,Kintanar said, would be sourced from the congressional allocation, the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), and from the Department of Agriculture.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1665308 [AuthorName] => Ramon Ma. Epino [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 265609 [Title] => Growing exotic fruit trees in Luzon [Summary] => Contrary to a long held belief, Davao and other exotic fruit trees can be grown in Luzon and very profitably at that. The key is the technology of cloning and multiple rootstocking.

Past planting of the exotic fruit trees has been disappointing. Durian, mangosteen, pummelo, lanzones and rambutan from Davao and other imported fruit trees were either stunted in growth and did not bear fruits or died for lack of the right technology.
[DatePublished] => 2004-10-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1665308 [AuthorName] => Ramon Ma. Epino [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) ) )
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