DAVAO CITY — The Department of Agriculture in Davao Region (Region 11) urged rice farmers in the region to plant the next generation or NextGen varieties.
DAVAO CITY — The Department of Agriculture in Davao Region (Region 11) urged rice farmers in the region to plant the next generation or NextGen varieties.
Jissel Cardines, DA-11 NextGen focal and science research specialist, told Philippine News Agency (PNA) on Saturday (Aug. 31) that said varieties are climate-resilient and resistant to pests and diseases.
He said it is an elite inbred and hybrid rice lines developed to attain desirable traits such as high-yielding ability, disease resistant, flood, drought, heat or salinity tolerant.
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