Browsing Manila Bulletin by Subject "agar"

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    • High-value seaweeds recommended 

      Orig, Thor S. (Manila Bulletin, May 15, 1990, on page 34)
      The seaweed Gracilaria isn't as popular as Eucheuma, Sargassum and Caulerpa, but it's a high-value commodity if properly harnessed for processing. A well-known derivative of processed Gracilaria is agar, a hydrophilic ...

    • SEAFDEC developing high-yield seaweed 

      Aguiba, Melody (Manila Bulletin, July 18, 2006, on page B-1-B-3)
      Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) is developing high-yielding and “ice-ice” disease-resistant seaweed strains in an aim to meet expanding industrial use and raise some $100 million in seaweed-carrageenan ...