Here is good news for mungbean producers. An increase of 104.7 percent in the yield of mungbean occurred after a three-month-old carrageenan plant-growth promoter (PGP) was used.
The technology was developed by the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI). Carrageenan PGP is an oligo-saccharide produced by irradiating carrageenan solution. It is already registered with the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority as an inorganic fertilizer for rice.
According to Fernando B. Aurigue, PNRI project leader and senior science research specialist, to utilize the benefits of carrageenan as fertilizer, PNRI conducted experiments using Carrageenan PGP on different varieties of mungbean.
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