Project Leader: Leny C. Galvez Ph.D.

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This Project aimed at enhancing the capability of PhilFIDA towards achieving greater efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of service in terms of virus detection and distribution of virus-free abaca plantlets. A total of 41 units of laboratory equipment were procured for five (5) Tissue Culture Laboratories (TCL), three (3) Diagnostic Laboratories, and one Immunology and Molecular Biology Laboratory (IMBL). Three (3) units of protected nurseries/screenhouses of TCL's were rehabilitated. PhilFIDA research personnel were trained on virus detection, tissue culture techniques, germplasm characterization, technical writing and statistical methods. The series of trainings had equipped the laboratory and research personnel with a deeper and technical knowledge, competence and stronger confidence in the science of their work.