Written by Web Team   New and high yielding rice varieties, with maximum yield potential ranging from 9-12 t/ha, are being promoted by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) to help farmers increase their production. Thelma F. Padolina, division head of PhilRice`s Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Division, said the varieties, released since 2009, are noted for their 1 t/ha-yield advantage over the previously bred varieties. The inbred varieties, suited for […]

Written by Web Team   Farmer-partners at the Location Specific Technology Development (LSTD) project sites of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) are receiving more benefits with the Institute`s forged partnership with a micro-financing organization. Alliance of Philippine Partners in Enterprise Development, Inc. (APPEND), through its affiliate, Alalay sa Kaunlaran, Inc. (ASKI), initially released more than P700,000 to about 45 farmers in Bulacan and Aurora for this year’s dry season. […]

Written by Web Team   Farmers` worries on controlling the populations of rice black bugs (RBB) may now be lessened with the mass production of the insect pests’ biological enemies. In a recent National Consultation and Planning Workshop to Address RBB and other Pests in the Philippines conducted at PhilRice Central Experiment Station in Maligaya, Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, experts from public sector agreed to make Metarhizium anisopliae […]

Written by Web Team   Department of Agriculture Sec. Proceso J. Alcala urged Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), the country`s lead in rice science and development, to help him find ways to attain the country’s goal of rice self-sufficiency by 2013. “Attaining rice sufficiency is possible when we find ways to make it possible with the efforts of institutions such as PhilRice,” the agriculture secretary said in Filipino during his […]

Plant pathologists based at the Midsayap station of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) advised farmers to plant different rice varieties for succeeding seasons as this maintains resistance against major crop diseases. The recommendation was released following findings that planting NSIC Rc158 for two consecutive cropping seasons caused the occurrence of rice blast in Kabacan, North Cotabato. Blast caused by the fungus Magnaporthe grisea injured rice plants in this area […]

Written by Web Team   Plant pathologists based at the Midsayap station of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) advised farmers to plant different rice varieties for succeeding seasons as this maintains resistance against major crop diseases. The recommendation was released following findings that planting NSIC Rc158 for two consecutive cropping seasons caused the occurrence of rice blast in Kabacan, North Cotabato. Blast caused by the fungus Magnaporthe grisea injured […]

The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) bred two inbred varieties giving rice farmers in irrigated lowlands more options in choosing varieties suited for their area. The Rice Technical Working Group of the National Seed Industry Council recommended the release of NSIC Rc224 (Tubigan 19) and NSIC Rc226 (Tubigan 20) after the varieties showed better performance than the check varieties,  PSB Rc82 and PSB Rc18, during the multi-location adaptation trials. Emily […]

Charisma Love B. Gado of PhilRice`s Development Communication Division bagged the best regional feature story in the 4th Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Corp. Bright Leaf Agriculture Journalism Awards held Jan. 18 at Sofitel Philippine Plaza Hotel in Pasay City. Published in the 2010 first quarter issue of PhilRice Magazine, her winning story titled Bringing back the grains, featured how the Institute’s location-specific technology development (LSTD) project can help farmers cope […]

Written by the Web Team   Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) advises rice farmers in six municipalities in Isabela and some parts in Bicol and Nueva Ecija to cautiously use rodenticides as poison rat baits. Farmers in these areas have often resorted to rodenticides in reducing rat’s population. Florencio Viesca Jr., rice and corn coordinator of the provincial agriculture office of Isabela, confirmed that 900 ha of rice fields have […]

Written by Web Team   Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), the country`s lead agency in rice research and development, pinpointed rice production inputs crucial in attaining rice self-sufficiency by 2013 in spite of the country’s low area harvested per capita in rice. Dr. Flordeliza Bordey, program leader of the Institute`s Impact Evaluation, Policy Research, and Advocacy program found that irrigation, adoption of hybrid and modern inbred varieties, participation in training […]