UPLB Crop Breeding and Genetic Resources Laboratory

✨ The CBGR Lab extends its full support to 𝐌𝐫. 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐆. 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐬, who will be taking his Final Examination for his Master’s Thesis titled:

📊 𝐘𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐱𝐄 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐆𝐄 𝐁𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬

as part of the requirements for the degree of 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 at the University of the Philippines Los Baños, Graduate School.

📅 12 May 2026
🕒 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
📍 Room 301, ICropS, CAFS, UPLB

👏 Guided by:
Dr. Antonio G. Lalusin
Dr. Cecilia C. Almontero
Dr. Renerio P. Gentallan Jr.

Wishing you a successful final examination! 💚💛

Public Announcement: MS Thesis Presentation

JOHN MARCIAL G. PACIS

✨ The CBGR Lab extends its full support to 𝐌𝐫. 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐌. 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 (Joon Remollo), who will be taking his Final Examination for his Master’s Thesis titled:

🌾 𝐃𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐨 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐲, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐞 (𝘖𝘳𝘺𝘻𝘢 𝘳𝘶𝘧𝘪𝘱𝘰𝘨𝘰𝘯 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐟.) 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧

as part of the requirements for the degree of 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 (𝘔𝘚 𝘗𝘎𝘙𝘊𝘔) at the University of the Philippines Los Baños, Graduate School.

📅 12 May 2026
🕒 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
📍 Room 306, ICropS, CAFS, UPLB

👏 Guided by:
Dr. Renerio P. Gentallan Jr.
Dr. Sancho G. Bon
Dr. Leah E. Endonela
Dr. Teresita H. Borromeo

Your perseverance, hard work, and dedication to wild rice genomics and plant genetic resources continue to inspire us. Wishing you a successful final examination! 💚💛

Public Announcement: MS Thesis Presentation

JUNRIE ANTHONY M. REMOLLO

✨The CBGR Lab extends its full support to 𝐌𝐬. 𝐉𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐕. 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞, who will be defending her Master’s Thesis titled:

🫚 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 (𝘡𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐞) 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬

as part of the requirements for the degree of 𝑴𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑨𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒚 at the University of the Philippines Los Baños, Graduate School.

📅 11 May 2026
🕒 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
📍 Room 306, ICROPS, CAFS, UPLB

👏 Guided by:
Dr. Renerio P. Gentallan Jr.
Dr. Antonio G. Lalusin
Dr. Leah E. Endonela
Ms. Jessabel B. Magtolotol

Your hard work and dedication continue to inspire us. Wishing you a successful thesis defense! 💚💛

Public Announcement: MS Thesis Presentation

JOMAR V. MOSENDE

✨The CBGR Lab extends its full support to 𝐌𝐬. 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐚 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐑. 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐚, who will be defending her Master’s Thesis titled:

🧪 𝐏𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐢𝐜, 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘢 (𝐋.) 𝐑𝐨𝐱𝐛. 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘢 (𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐝.) 𝐇.𝐒. 𝐈𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐧 & 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

as part of the requirements for the degree of 𝑴𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 (𝘗𝘎𝘙𝘊𝘔) at the University of the Philippines Los Baños, Graduate School.

📅 06 May 2026
🕒 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
📍 ICROPS, CAFS, UPLB

👏 Guided by:
Dr. Renerio P. Gentallan Jr.
Dr. Leah E. Endonela
Dr. Eureka Teresa M. Ocampo
Dr. Joanna J. Orejola

Your dedication to advancing medicinal plant research and conserving plant genetic resources is truly commendable, Eka!

We are proud of you and cheering you on! 💚💛

Public Announcement: MS Thesis Presentation

ERICKA JANE R. PASAMBA

Join us for the PGR-299 Graduate Seminar featuring Ms. Lyka Y. Aglibot, MS Plant Genetic Resources Conservation and Management student, as she presents:

“Preserving Diversity, Ensuring Sustainability: Fruit Genetic Resources in Focus”.

📅 20 April 2026 (Monday)
🕓 4:00–5:00 PM
📍 ICrops Room 101

Let us learn more about the importance of conserving fruit genetic resources and their role in sustainability, food security, and the future of agriculture.

See you there!

***You are invited to an onsite graduate seminar***

Join us here at ICropS for another seminar with

Ms. Cherrilyn E. Ventura, a PhD in Agronomy graduate student with her study topic,

"Integrated Soil-Crop System Management (ISSM) for Sustainable Corn Production: Enhancing Soil Health and Nutrient Use Efficiency"

April 13, 2026
4-5 PM
ICropS Room 101
NB Mendiola Hall

We hope to see you there!

***CRSC 199, PGR 299, and AGR 399 - Graduate Seminar***

While forage is the foundation of livestock sustainability, the "next level" requires innovation. 🌿✨

In this seminar, we bridge the gap between traditional forage science and modern tech. Join us as we explore Green Horizons —a deep dive into how Smart Systems is transforming the Philippine livestock landscape.

Featured Speaker: Mr. Albert F. Astillero, RAgr., MSc.
Science Research Specialist II, DA-BAI

📢 OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND RESEARCHERS!

📍 Join us via Zoom

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86732054319?pwd=CpzDEbtfy3sSu14luFHpaybdosDEI8.1

🗓 April 6, 2026 | 4:00 PM

📢 Graduate Seminar Invitation

Conserving for an Uncertain Future:
How Genomic and Pathogen Diversity are Reshaping Plant Genetic Resource Conservation

📅 30 March 2026 (Monday)
⏰ 4:00–5:00 PM
📍 ICROPS Room 101

🎤Michelle Angeline N. Javier
MS Plant Genetic Resources Conservation and Management

Open to students, faculty, and friends interested in plant genetic resources, conservation, and emerging perspectives in plant–microbe interactions. 🌱

📣 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 📣
🎓 𝐌𝐒 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 (𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐀.𝐘. 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕)
📅 Deadline of Application: 𝟑𝟏 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
📧 Contact us at: [email protected]

🔬 𝘼𝙙𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙣:
✅ Plant genetic diversity assessment
✅ Genebank management
✅ In situ & ex situ conservation strategies
✅ Sustainable use of plant genetic resources

📌 𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙮?
🌿 Graduates in agriculture, biology, environmental science, or related fields
🌿 Professionals interested in biodiversity conservation and food security
📍 Scholarships available: 𝐃𝐎𝐒𝐓-𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐃𝐏, 𝐃𝐎𝐒𝐓-𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓, 𝐆𝐌𝐀𝐏, 𝐀𝐃𝐁 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧, etc.
📍 The 𝐔𝐏𝐋𝐁 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥 for the 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐀.𝐘. 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕 is now open!

🔗 For interested applicants, please check out this link for list of requirements and admission process: https://gs.uplb.edu.ph/admission/how-to-apply/
🔗 For submission of admission documents, please use the online portal: https://tinyurl.com/1stS26-27GSAdmission

🌾 𝘽𝙚 𝙖 𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙗𝙞𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮! 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙬! 🌾

✨ 𝐂𝐁𝐆𝐑 𝐋𝐚𝐛 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 🌿

With this year’s theme, “𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴: 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩, 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴,” we are reminded of the important role these species play as natural remedies that support health, heritage, and livelihoods.

This celebration also underscores the importance of plant genetic conservation and sustainable management to ensure these valuable medicinal plants are protected for future generations.

🎥 Watch the DOST PCAARRD episode featuring our project on medicinal plants: https://tinyurl.com/yc5ydr8j

Visit us at the UPLB Institute of Crop Science 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐨.𝟒 during the UPLB College of Agriculture and Food Science 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢-𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐫 at the 𝐔𝐏𝐋𝐁 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧, from 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟑–𝟖. 🌱

🎉 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 to our 𝘔𝘚𝘤 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝐒𝐢𝐫 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐌. 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨, and to our lab head, 𝐃𝐫. 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐏. 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐉𝐫., for being awarded the 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 (𝐘𝐒𝐑𝐆) under the 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 (𝐘𝐒𝐈𝐏) of the DOST National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) — Category A (Thesis)! 🏆

📚 Research Title:
𝐃𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐨 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐲, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐞 (𝙊𝙧𝙮𝙯𝙖 𝙧𝙪𝙛𝙞𝙥𝙤𝙜𝙤𝙣 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐟) 🌾🧬

This research advances our understanding of Philippine wild rice genetics—strengthening conservation efforts and supporting future crop improvement for national food security. 🌾

The YSRG aims to cultivate outstanding young scientists and ensure a strong pipeline of talents in Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) through research grants and mentorship from NRCP members. 🥼⚛️

Padayon, 𝐬𝐢𝐫 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐫𝐢𝐞 and 𝐃𝐨𝐜 𝐑𝐢𝐨! Para sa bayan! 🇵🇭

𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘜𝘗𝘓𝘉 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘱 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 (𝘊𝘉𝘎𝘙 𝘓𝘢𝘣) 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶! 🌾🧬