DAVAO CITY Some 2,500 rice farmers in the Davao Region will test the newly-developed Carrageenan Plant Growth Promoter (PGP) set for distribution by the Department of Science and Technology-Region 11 (DOST-11).
DOST-11 Director Anthony Sales said the PGP was developed by Dr. Lucille V. Abad of Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) in cooperation with National Crop Protection Center of the University of the Philippines-Los Baos (NCPC-UPLB), and the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).
The Carrageenan PGP project is funded by the DA and the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARD) of DOST as one of the programs under the Industry Strategic Science and Technology Plan (ISP) for rice.
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