Mushroom continues to ‘sprout’ in Central Luzon
Mushroom initiatives in the Central Luzon region started way back in 2004. However, with very limited resources, the Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Office (DA-RFO)...
Pat the Carrot Queen: From a plain housewife to a profit-earning farmer
Patria Zamora or simply “Pat” to her colleagues doesn’t mind being called “The Carrot Queen”. In fact, it makes sense because carrot, according to...
Calabash contains active ingredients potential for cancer treatment
Calabash tree, scientifically known as Crescentia cujete has been used by local communities as remedy for several illnesses. Because of its many uses in folkloric healing,...
Poultry Drug Increases Levels of Toxic Arsenic in Chicken Meat
Chickens likely raised with arsenic-based drugs result in chicken meat that has higher levels of inorganic arsenic, a known carcinogen, according to a new...
New Plant Protein Discoveries Could Ease Global Food and Fuel Demands
New discoveries of the way plants transport important substances across their biological membranes to resist toxic metals and pests, increase salt and drought tolerance,...
News in Brief: Bedbugs raise genetic defense against pesticides
This article was first published on Science News by Tina Hesman Saey
To escape the sting of insecticides, bedbugs boost activity of certain genes in...
Science: Wild Insects Are Crucial Pollinators of Crops
Wild insects pollinate major agricultural crops—from cotton to blueberries—more effectively than hives of honeybees managed by humans, according to a massive international study.
In their...
Study assesses use of plants in antimalarial therapies
This article was first published on SciDev by Esther Tola
Traditional healers in Benin possess sophisticated knowledge regarding the treatment of malaria with medicinal...
Bamboo: A flourishing industry, source of high value commodities
Filipinos are all too familiar with bamboo. Aside from being abundant in almost every place, it is also used in a myriad ways from...
Soil microorganisms found helpful in controlling tungro virus
Tungro is one of the most damaging and destructive disease for rice in Southeast Asia. If the disease infects the plant at its early...