SCIENTISTS from the University of the Philippines-Diliman College of Science (UPD-CS), supported by the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR), are investigating the levels of Escherichia coli (E. coli) in vegetables grown in urban areas, which could help those engaged in urban agriculture improve their produce.
SCIENTISTS from the University of the Philippines-Diliman College of Science , supported by the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Agricultural Research , are investigating the levels of Escherichia coli in vegetables grown in urban areas, which could help those engaged in urban agriculture improve their produce.This, as a type of bacterium called Escherichia coli , found in the feces of humans and animals, is often released into bodies of water such as streams. Although most E.
Pierangeli Vital, Donnabel Sena, Czarina Jay Catapat and Ma. Christine Jasmine Sabio from the UPD-CS Natural Sciences Research Institute, along with Windell Rivera of the UPD-CS Institute of Biology, gathered 419 vegetable samples from three urban farms and four major wet markets in Metro Manila. The group detected E. coli in 13.60 percent of all the samples. The presence of E.coli in the samples from urban farms was also higher than in the samples obtained from wet markets.
Probing E. Coli In Urban Farm Produce
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