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If a nursery plant is sold as "bare root", it means that soil has been removed from the roots, the product being sold is just the plant. [80] Plants sold as bare root are marketed in the winter, [80] to sell to customers in spring. Plants sold as bare root include herbaceous and woody perennial plants. [75]
The Philippines is the world's third largest producer of pineapples, producing more than 2.4 million of tonnes in 2015. [49] The Philippines was in the top three banana producing countries in 2010, including India and China. [50] Davao and Mindanao contribute heavily to the total national banana crop. [50]
On December 15, 2000, the Bureau of Plant Industry under the leadership of Atty. BLO Umpar Adiong, was certified as ISO 9002 and considered as having a world class management system. [citation needed] In 2014, Assistant Secretary Paz J. Benavidez II of the Department of Agriculture was named OIC Director of the Bureau of Plant Industry.
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Spanish Customs Law which was similar to that of the Indies enforced in the country from 1582 to 1828. It was a concept of ad valorem levied on import and export. A Tariff Board was established which drew up a tariff of fixed values for all imported articles on which ten percent (10%) ad valorem duty was uniformly collected.
By 1938, the Philippine Commonwealth government purchased the land from the Tuasons after it has been selected as the site of the new capital. Of the total 1,529 hectares (3,780 acres) purchased by the government, 493 hectares (1,220 acres) was set aside for the campus extension of the University of the Philippines in Manila.
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