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                    [ArticleID] => 1546450
                    [Title] => Filipino Labong na May Saluyot
                    [Summary] => 

You should try this dish and you will soon develop a taste for it.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-25 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 502112 [Title] => Roots or shoots? [Summary] =>

In the life of trees, one key to survival is having more roots than shoots. In his book Oak: The Framework of Civilization, author William Bryant Logan says, “If a tree puts on a lot of top growth and few roots, it is liable to be weak-wooded and short-lived . . .

[DatePublished] => 2009-09-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Daily Bread [SectionUrl] => daily-bread [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 486791 [Title] => 6 Palawan villagers die after eating wild abaca [Summary] =>

Six villagers in Rizal, Palawan, including an eight-year-old boy, have died in a span of more than two months after reportedly eating shoots of wild abaca plants, police said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 361402 [Title] => Dabong pushed as health food [Summary] => The Department of Science and Technology is now promoting the inclusion of bamboo shoots into the diet of heart patients due to its high fiber and low fat content.

Locally known as "dabong", bamboo shoots are easy to prepare and can be a better alternative and practical food since they are readily available.

According to the Science and Technology Media Service, bamboo shoots are considered as health food for the new millennium.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 343795 [Title] => Controlling eggplant fruit and shoot borer [Summary] => Farmers need not worry much anymore about eggplant fruits with worms inside them by simply following a technique found by researchers of Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in a project on rice-based vegetable production.

PhilRice supervising science research specialist Dong Arida and his team found out in a three-year study that weekly removal of damaged eggplant fruits and shoots, coupled with less insecticide application, produces more fruits without the worms.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 300773 [Title] => Controlling eggplant pests [Summary] => Housewives normally do not buy eggplant fruits with holes in them, as these have a worm or larvae of the fruit and shoot borer inside. However, researchers of PhilRice [Philippine Rice Research Institute] have found a way of producing more eggplant fruits without any worm in them without so many insecticides spraying.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 300914 [Title] => Controlling eggplant pests [Summary] => Housewives normally do not buy eggplant fruits with holes in them, as these have a worm or larvae of the fruit and shoot borer inside. However, researchers of PhilRice [Philippine Rice Research Institute] have found a way of producing more eggplant fruits without any worm in them without so many insecticides spraying.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) ) )
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