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Research Details
| Research Project: | Establishment of Seed Production and Storage System for a Sustainable Organic Crop Production (Proj. 2) |
| Research Title | Organic Seed Production of Major Vegetable Crops in a Rice-based and Upland Agro-ecosystem (Study 1) |
| Researcher(s) | Floramante Pastor |
| Research Category | Study |
| Research Status | completed |
| Duration | Jan 01, 2009 to Dec 31, 2016 |
| Commodity | Across Crops |
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| Brief Description | This is the Study 1 of the project "Establishment of Seed Production and Storage System for a Sustainable Organic Crop Production". Since organic production does not involve pest controls, it is imperative to develop or produce organic seeds that are suitable to organic production systems. Hence, seed production must be done in different conditions, i.e., ideal, below ideal ecosystem, etc. Seed selection will also be tried or evaluated - good quality, moderate quality, etc. Selection will be based on vulnerability to pests. Major Activities are: 1. On-station varietal evaluation Open-pollinated varieties (OPV) and land races of selected major crops will be evaluated for at least two years on-station, both for the dry and wet seasons in order to select those which responds best to organic crop production system. Generally, management employed in the conduct of the experiment will follow the guidelines set in the Philippine National Standard (PNS) for organic crop production. Nutrient requirement of each crop will be provided through the use of solid organic fertilizer supplemented with liquid OF e.g. tea manure, FFJ, FPJ, FAA, etc. Cultural, physical and the use of organic sprays will be integrated to protect the test crops from pests. Mulching with the use of natural materials will be done in order to control weeds. Selection of outstanding varieties will be based on parameters that describe the agronomic characteristics, yield characteristics, eating quality and shelf life of the different entries. 2. Seed-increase selected varieties Seed-increase of promising varieties will be done on-station to produce seed requirement for on-farm trials. Management to be employed will be purely organic. 3. On-farm trial of promising varieties Farmer co-operators will be selected wherein the promising varieties will also be evaluated. Technical assistance will be provided and to ensure that the farmer-cooperator adheres to organic production standards. 4. Seed increase outstanding varieties. Outstanding varieties that will be recommended to stakeholders will be selected based on the results obtained from the on-station and on-farm trials. Seeds of such will be mass produced for use in the on-station demo farm and also be made available to interested stakeholders. |
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| Abstract | Not Available |
