In a recent study, researchers investigated the interactions between Pyricularia oryzae, the rice blast fungus, and the beneficial soil bacterium Streptomyces griseus. They found that P. oryzae ...

In the world of agriculture, rice is a staple food for more than half of the global population, making its cultivation ...

Using plastic sheets for weed control, even under current best management practices, pollutes soil with macro- and ...

Melioidosis, a bacterial infection, was responsible for killing at least nine monkeys at a Hong Kong zoo, authorities said, as a further two died over the weekend, taking the total to 11 in the past ...

Antimicrobial therapy for melioidosis includes an initial intensive phase followed by a prolonged eradication phase to prevent relapse. B. pseudomallei is intrinsically resistant to the ...

The Philippines is poised to be the second fastest-growing economy in Southeast Asia this year and in 2025—just behind Vietnam—based on the latest outlook of the Asean+3 Macroeconomic Research ...

THE Philippines joined four other countries on Saturday in the largest joint patrol to date as China conducted its own naval and air exercises near Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) on the same day ...

MANILA, Philippines — Some Filipino fishermen were able to come as close to a few hundred meters away from Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea, but some of them were forced back.

Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed various community and nonprofit organizations. She has conducted in-depth research on social and economic ...