Startup builds facility for growth stimulant

By Bella Cariaso

Feb 16, 2023 12:03 am

A STARTUP company has built a facility for the semicommercial scale production of the plant growth stimulant called HormoGroe at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) Science and Technology Park in Los Baños, Laguna.

The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (Searca) granted construction funds for the pilot plant of MakilingTek, a spin-off company of UPLB researchers.

MakilingTek currently offers three types of plant growth stimulants. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

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