UPLB Crop Breeding and Genetic Resources Laboratory

UPLB Crop Breeding and Genetic Resources Laboratory We focus on minor, underutilized, and native cultivated plant species from the Philippines.

โœจ The CBGR Lab extends its full support to ๐Œ๐ซ. ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐†. ๐๐š๐œ๐ข๐ฌ, who will be taking his Final Examination for his M...
12/05/2026

โœจ The CBGR Lab extends its full support to ๐Œ๐ซ. ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐†. ๐๐š๐œ๐ข๐ฌ, who will be taking his Final Examination for his Masterโ€™s Thesis titled:

๐Ÿ“Š ๐˜๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐†๐ฑ๐„ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ฎ๐ ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐š๐ง๐ž ๐†๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐„๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐”๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐Œ๐Œ๐ˆ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐†๐†๐„ ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐€๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ

as part of the requirements for the degree of ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜—๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ at the University of the Philippines Los Baรฑos, Graduate School.

๐Ÿ“… 12 May 2026
๐Ÿ•’ 10:00 AM โ€“ 1:00 PM
๐Ÿ“ Room 301, ICropS, CAFS, UPLB

๐Ÿ‘ Guided by:
Dr. Antonio G. Lalusin
Dr. Cecilia C. Almontero
Dr. Renerio P. Gentallan Jr.

Wishing you a successful final examination! ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’›

Public Announcement: MS Thesis Presentation

JOHN MARCIAL G. PACIS

โœจ The CBGR Lab extends its full support to ๐Œ๐ซ. ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ซ๐ข๐ž ๐€๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ฒ ๐Œ. ๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ (Joon Remollo), who will be taking his Final Ex...
11/05/2026

โœจ The CBGR Lab extends its full support to ๐Œ๐ซ. ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ซ๐ข๐ž ๐€๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ฒ ๐Œ. ๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ (Joon Remollo), who will be taking his Final Examination for his Masterโ€™s Thesis titled:

๐ŸŒพ ๐ƒ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐จ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐†๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐€๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž ๐€๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐‘๐ข๐œ๐ž (๐˜–๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ป๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐†๐ซ๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ.) ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง

as part of the requirements for the degree of ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜—๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜Ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต (๐˜”๐˜š ๐˜—๐˜Ž๐˜™๐˜Š๐˜”) at the University of the Philippines Los Baรฑos, Graduate School.

๐Ÿ“… 12 May 2026
๐Ÿ•’ 8:00 AM โ€“ 10:00 AM
๐Ÿ“ Room 306, ICropS, CAFS, UPLB

๐Ÿ‘ Guided by:
Dr. Renerio P. Gentallan Jr.
Dr. Sancho G. Bon
Dr. Leah E. Endonela
Dr. Teresita H. Borromeo

Your perseverance, hard work, and dedication to wild rice genomics and plant genetic resources continue to inspire us. Wishing you a successful final examination! ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’›

Public Announcement: MS Thesis Presentation

JUNRIE ANTHONY M. REMOLLO

โœจThe CBGR Lab extends its full support to ๐Œ๐ฌ. ๐‰๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ ๐•. ๐Œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž, who will be defending her Masterโ€™s Thesis titled:๐Ÿซš ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ...
11/05/2026

โœจThe CBGR Lab extends its full support to ๐Œ๐ฌ. ๐‰๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ ๐•. ๐Œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž, who will be defending her Masterโ€™s Thesis titled:

๐Ÿซš ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐„๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ (๐˜ก๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐‘๐จ๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ž) ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ

as part of the requirements for the degree of ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘บ๐’„๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘จ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’๐’๐’๐’Ž๐’š at the University of the Philippines Los Baรฑos, Graduate School.

๐Ÿ“… 11 May 2026
๐Ÿ•’ 1:00 PM โ€“ 4:00 PM
๐Ÿ“ Room 306, ICROPS, CAFS, UPLB

๐Ÿ‘ Guided by:
Dr. Renerio P. Gentallan Jr.
Dr. Antonio G. Lalusin
Dr. Leah E. Endonela
Ms. Jessabel B. Magtolotol

Your hard work and dedication continue to inspire us. Wishing you a successful thesis defense! ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’›

Public Announcement: MS Thesis Presentation

JOMAR V. MOSENDE

โœจThe CBGR Lab extends its full support to ๐Œ๐ฌ. ๐„๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐š ๐‰๐š๐ง๐ž ๐‘. ๐๐š๐ฌ๐š๐ฆ๐›๐š, who will be defending her Masterโ€™s Thesis titled:๐Ÿงช...
06/05/2026

โœจThe CBGR Lab extends its full support to ๐Œ๐ฌ. ๐„๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐š ๐‰๐š๐ง๐ž ๐‘. ๐๐š๐ฌ๐š๐ฆ๐›๐š, who will be defending her Masterโ€™s Thesis titled:

๐Ÿงช ๐๐ก๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ, ๐†๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐จ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐•๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข (๐‹.) ๐‘๐จ๐ฑ๐›. ๐š๐ง๐ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข (๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐.) ๐‡.๐’. ๐ˆ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง & ๐๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐›๐ฒ ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ

as part of the requirements for the degree of ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘บ๐’„๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ท๐’๐’‚๐’๐’• ๐‘ฎ๐’†๐’๐’†๐’•๐’Š๐’„ ๐‘น๐’†๐’”๐’๐’–๐’“๐’„๐’†๐’” ๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’”๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• (๐˜—๐˜Ž๐˜™๐˜Š๐˜”) at the University of the Philippines Los Baรฑos, Graduate School.

๐Ÿ“… 06 May 2026
๐Ÿ•’ 10:00 AM โ€“ 12:00 PM
๐Ÿ“ ICROPS, CAFS, UPLB

๐Ÿ‘ Guided by:
Dr. Renerio P. Gentallan Jr.
Dr. Leah E. Endonela
Dr. Eureka Teresa M. Ocampo
Dr. Joanna J. Orejola

Your dedication to advancing medicinal plant research and conserving plant genetic resources is truly commendable, Eka!

We are proud of you and cheering you on! ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’›

Public Announcement: MS Thesis Presentation

ERICKA JANE R. PASAMBA

Join us for the PGR-299 Graduate Seminar featuring Ms. Lyka Y. Aglibot, MS Plant Genetic Resources Conservation and Mana...
20/04/2026

Join us for the PGR-299 Graduate Seminar featuring Ms. Lyka Y. Aglibot, MS Plant Genetic Resources Conservation and Management student, as she presents:

โ€œPreserving Diversity, Ensuring Sustainability: Fruit Genetic Resources in Focusโ€.

๐Ÿ“… 20 April 2026 (Monday)
๐Ÿ•“ 4:00โ€“5:00 PM
๐Ÿ“ ICrops Room 101

Let us learn more about the importance of conserving fruit genetic resources and their role in sustainability, food security, and the future of agriculture.

See you there!

11/04/2026

***You are invited to an onsite graduate seminar***

Join us here at ICropS for another seminar with

Ms. Cherrilyn E. Ventura, a PhD in Agronomy graduate student with her study topic,

"Integrated Soil-Crop System Management (ISSM) for Sustainable Corn Production: Enhancing Soil Health and Nutrient Use Efficiency"

April 13, 2026
4-5 PM
ICropS Room 101
NB Mendiola Hall

We hope to see you there!

05/04/2026

***CRSC 199, PGR 299, and AGR 399 - Graduate Seminar***

While forage is the foundation of livestock sustainability, the "next level" requires innovation. ๐ŸŒฟโœจ

In this seminar, we bridge the gap between traditional forage science and modern tech. Join us as we explore Green Horizons โ€”a deep dive into how Smart Systems is transforming the Philippine livestock landscape.

Featured Speaker: Mr. Albert F. Astillero, RAgr., MSc.
Science Research Specialist II, DA-BAI

๐Ÿ“ข OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND RESEARCHERS!

๐Ÿ“ Join us via Zoom

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86732054319?pwd=CpzDEbtfy3sSu14luFHpaybdosDEI8.1

๐Ÿ—“ April 6, 2026 | 4:00 PM

๐Ÿ“ข Graduate Seminar InvitationConserving for an Uncertain Future:How Genomic and Pathogen Diversity are Reshaping Plant G...
30/03/2026

๐Ÿ“ข Graduate Seminar Invitation

Conserving for an Uncertain Future:
How Genomic and Pathogen Diversity are Reshaping Plant Genetic Resource Conservation

๐Ÿ“… 30 March 2026 (Monday)
โฐ 4:00โ€“5:00 PM
๐Ÿ“ ICROPS Room 101

๐ŸŽคMichelle Angeline N. Javier
MS Plant Genetic Resources Conservation and Management

Open to students, faculty, and friends interested in plant genetic resources, conservation, and emerging perspectives in plantโ€“microbe interactions. ๐ŸŒฑ

๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐‚๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐€๐๐๐‹๐ˆ๐‚๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐’ ๐Ÿ“ฃ๐ŸŽ“ ๐Œ๐’ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ (๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐€.๐˜. ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”-๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•)๐Ÿ“… De...
03/03/2026

๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐‚๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐€๐๐๐‹๐ˆ๐‚๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐’ ๐Ÿ“ฃ
๐ŸŽ“ ๐Œ๐’ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ (๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐€.๐˜. ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”-๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•)
๐Ÿ“… Deadline of Application: ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”
๐Ÿ“ง Contact us at: [email protected]

๐Ÿ”ฌ ๐˜ผ๐™™๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™จ๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ:
โœ… Plant genetic diversity assessment
โœ… Genebank management
โœ… In situ & ex situ conservation strategies
โœ… Sustainable use of plant genetic resources

๐Ÿ“Œ ๐™’๐™๐™ค ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™ฎ?
๐ŸŒฟ Graduates in agriculture, biology, environmental science, or related fields
๐ŸŒฟ Professionals interested in biodiversity conservation and food security
๐Ÿ“ Scholarships available: ๐ƒ๐Ž๐’๐“-๐€๐’๐“๐‡๐‘๐ƒ๐, ๐ƒ๐Ž๐’๐“-๐†๐‘๐„๐€๐“, ๐†๐Œ๐€๐, ๐€๐ƒ๐ ๐‰๐š๐ฉ๐š๐ง, etc.
๐Ÿ“ The ๐”๐๐‹๐ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐€๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ for the ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐€.๐˜. ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”-๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• is now open!

๐Ÿ”— For interested applicants, please check out this link for list of requirements and admission process: https://gs.uplb.edu.ph/admission/how-to-apply/
๐Ÿ”— For submission of admission documents, please use the online portal: https://tinyurl.com/1stS26-27GSAdmission

๐ŸŒพ ๐˜ฝ๐™š ๐™– ๐™œ๐™ช๐™–๐™ง๐™™๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™—๐™ž๐™ค๐™™๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ! ๐˜ผ๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ! ๐ŸŒพ

โœจ ๐‚๐๐†๐‘ ๐‹๐š๐› ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ŸŒฟWith this yearโ€™s theme, โ€œ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜—๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด: ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ, ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข...
03/03/2026

โœจ ๐‚๐๐†๐‘ ๐‹๐š๐› ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ŸŒฟ

With this yearโ€™s theme, โ€œ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜—๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด: ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ, ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด,โ€ we are reminded of the important role these species play as natural remedies that support health, heritage, and livelihoods.

This celebration also underscores the importance of plant genetic conservation and sustainable management to ensure these valuable medicinal plants are protected for future generations.

๐ŸŽฅ Watch the DOST PCAARRD episode featuring our project on medicinal plants: https://tinyurl.com/yc5ydr8j

Visit us at the UPLB Institute of Crop Science ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐ง๐จ.๐Ÿ’ during the UPLB College of Agriculture and Food Science ๐€๐ ๐ซ๐ข-๐๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐„๐ฑ๐ก๐ข๐›๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐…๐š๐ข๐ซ at the ๐”๐๐‹๐ ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐†๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง, from ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ‘โ€“๐Ÿ–. ๐ŸŒฑ

๐ŸŽ‰ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ to our ๐˜”๐˜š๐˜ค ๐˜—๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜Ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐’๐ข๐ซ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ซ๐ข๐ž ๐€๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ฒ ๐Œ. ๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ,...
22/02/2026

๐ŸŽ‰ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ to our ๐˜”๐˜š๐˜ค ๐˜—๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜Ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐’๐ข๐ซ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ซ๐ข๐ž ๐€๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ฒ ๐Œ. ๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ, and to our lab head, ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‘๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐จ ๐. ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ง ๐‰๐ซ., for being awarded the ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ (๐˜๐’๐‘๐†) under the ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ (๐˜๐’๐ˆ๐) of the DOST National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) โ€” Category A (Thesis)! ๐Ÿ†

๐Ÿ“š Research Title:
๐ƒ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐จ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐†๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐€๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐‘๐ข๐œ๐ž (๐™Š๐™ง๐™ฎ๐™ฏ๐™– ๐™ง๐™ช๐™›๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™œ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐†๐ซ๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ) ๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿงฌ

This research advances our understanding of Philippine wild rice geneticsโ€”strengthening conservation efforts and supporting future crop improvement for national food security. ๐ŸŒพ

The YSRG aims to cultivate outstanding young scientists and ensure a strong pipeline of talents in Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) through research grants and mentorship from NRCP members. ๐Ÿฅผโš›๏ธ

Padayon, ๐ฌ๐ข๐ซ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ซ๐ข๐ž and ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ ๐‘๐ข๐จ! Para sa bayan! ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ

๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜œ๐˜—๐˜“๐˜‰ ๐˜Š๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ (๐˜Š๐˜‰๐˜Ž๐˜™ ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฃ) ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ! ๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿงฌ

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