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October 02, 2016

By Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star) | Updated October 2, 2016 - 12:00am MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) has developed an automated classification software to measure chalkiness and identify immature grains

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July 28, 2016

By: Estrella Torres, Ronnel W. Domingo@inquirerdotnetPhilippine Daily Inquirer http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/800262/sc-reverses-ruling-on-bt-talong-tests The Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed its decision rendered in December last year that stopped the field testing of the controversial genetically modified eggplants and issuance of new

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February 26, 2016

MANILA, Philippines - Scientists at the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) have adapted a simplified method to detect viruses in plant and insect vectors using the loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) technique. LAMP assay has been proven

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January 20, 2016

Oscar Franklin Tan@inquirerdotnetPhilippine Daily Inquirer02:05 AM January 4th, 2016   OUR Supreme Court’s Bt  talong (eggplant) decision is being criticized for things it never said. A Dec. 15 Inquirer commentary (“Dark day for science,” Opinion) accused the Court

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