VARIETIES of Adlai, or Job’s Tears, that have been mutated through irradiation are being pitched as an alternative staple food crop for the Philippines, as it has high nutritive value, has some medicinal properties, and is climate resistant.

Agriculture research specialists from the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) are using gamma radiation to mutate Adlai for faster growth and higher yield.

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