Flower Induction In Durian
"Durian will soon be fruit for all season"Durian has often been described as "a fruit that tastes like heaven but smells like hell".However, to the ordinary durian consumers who are mostly minimum wage earners, the "hell" pact is not the smell but rather the price,especially during the off-season, when prices could become prohibitively high due to scarcity of supply.But thanks to a study conducted by Roman Armenio, Jr., Myrna S. Cantilla and Milani Abad of the Department of Agriculture-Southern Mindanao Integrated Agriculture Research Center (DA-SMIARC), it is now possible to produce durian anytime of the year.According to the study entitled "Flower induction in durian", certain growth regulators such as Paclobutrazol and Multi-K, when sprayed on durian trees of bearing age...
