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Article: Gov't to buy Chinese corn hybrid for propagation.(Business)
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- Manila Bulletin
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- September 27, 2003
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Byline: EDU H. LOPEZ
The government intends to buy seeds of super hybrid yellow corn variety grown in China for testing in local farms in a bid to increase the countrys corn production.
The extraordinary corn variety, known in China as Hua Lung No.1, had been growing up to 3 meters high with yield of 25 tons of grain per hectare.
This yield is more than eight times higher than the countrys current average yield for yellow corn placed at 3 tons per hectare, and bigger by over three folds the highest yield of 8 tons per hectare ever achieved by local hybrid corn varieties distributed by multinational seed companies, according to Agriculture ...