Browsing by Subject "disease resistance"

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    • Aquaculture to boost food security agenda 

      (, August 12, 2000, on page )
      Aquaculture is expected to boost the food security agenda not only for the Erap administration but the entire world. This was disclosed by Mr. Wilfredo G. Yap during the recently held Regional Technical Consultation on ...

    • DA allows imports of black tiger shrimps 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (, January 20, 2010, on page )
      Government has allowed the importation of broodstock and post-larvae of black tiger shrimps. The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), has issued three administrative ...

    • The future of RP shrimp industry lies in Palawan 

      DI (, December 15, 1999, on page )
      The country's shrimp production continues to be sluggish due to shrimp diseases brought about by widespread infection by the luminescent bacteria. Quoting data from the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS), shrimp expert ...

    • How to age gracefully? Ask a bowhead whale 

      Dunham, Will (, January 8, 2015, on page )
      To learn the secret behind aging gracefully, you may want to check out the bowhead whale, the majestic denizen of the Arctic waters that boasts a lifespan topping 200 years. Scientists on Monday unveiled the genetic blueprint ...

    • New dep't for fisheries, aquatic pushed 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (, December 22, 2019, on page )
      The creation of a separate Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources to institutionalize fisheries management areas using science-based methodologies is among the key proposals pushed at the Sulong Pilipinas 2019 ...

    • Scientists turn to biotech to save ailing seaweed industry 

      Felix, Rocel (, July 5, 2006, on page )
      The export-oriented seaweed industry may soon get relief from the anticipated breakthrough in biotechnology researches that would eliminate the menacing "ice-ice" disease spreading in seaweed farms nationwide. "By next ...

    • A whale of a story on how to age gracefully 

      Reuters (, January 7, 2015, on page )
      To learn the secret behind aging gracefully, you may want to check out the bowhead whale, the majestic denizen of the Arctic waters that boasts a lifespan topping 200 years. Scientists on Monday unveiled the genetic blueprint ...