DOST finds good rice fertilizer in seaweeds
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Apart from the uniqueness of edible seaweeds as a highly nutritious food commodity, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has found out that it can also provide a natural fertilizer capable of increasing rice yield by over 65 percent. DOST Bicol Regional Director Tomas Briñas here on Thursday said a field trial conducted in Bulacan by the team led by Dr. Gil Magsino from the National Crop Protection Center of the University of the Philippines-Los Baños (UPLB-NCPC) recently came out with this breakthrough. In the study, carrageenan, an indigestible polysaccharide (carbohydrate) extracted from edible seaweeds, when degraded into a nanoparticle size through irradiation, turns out to be an effective growth promoter and inducer of resistance against rice's major pests, Briña said.
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DOST finds good rice fertilizer in seaweeds. (2015, November 20). Panay News, p.C2
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Seaweeds; Carrageenins; Fertilizers; Polysaccharides; Carbohydrates; Irradiation; Economics; Agar; Alginates; Agriculture; Seaweed products; Seaweed processing; Eucheuma cottonii; Eucheuma spinosum; Eucheuma; Department of Science and Technology (DOST); National Crop Protection Center (NCPC); University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB); Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD); Department of Agriculture (DA); National Seaweed Technology and Development Center; Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR); Briñas, Tomas; Magsino, Gil
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