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- Published on 20 June 2019
Deans of Hasanuddin University harvested corn first at the Faculty of Agriculture at Teaching Farm, Friday (28/09). This corn was named Corn Unhas Satu which was cultivated by the Faculty of Agriculture's experimental farm. This corn has many benefits, one of which is antioxidant. In addition to the Maros District Cereal Toddler, this event was also attended by Unhas Rector, Prof. Dr. Dwia Aries Tina Pulubuhu, MA, the vice rectors, chair of LPPM, a number of faculty and postgraduate deans.
Ir. Yassin H.G, M.SAMA, one of the alumni of the Faculty of Agriculture and the founder of Unhas Corn breed. According to him, this purple corn seed has several advantages. In addition to containing high antioxidants, it also has a high amount of yield , and are cheaper than ordinary corn.
Yassin shared his experiences about doing several trials before finally producing the truth of the seeds up to 98%. "We are doing this crossing, namely cross breeding of two generations of seeds. This is the Unhas Corn I," Yassin said, Friday (09/28).
Dean of Faculty of Agriculture, Prof. Baharuddin said purple corn seeds thanks to Yassin's commitment and hard work to cross purple corn plants to produce new varieties, namely Corn Unhas I. Meanwhile Unhas rector, Prof. Dwia explain "I continue to encourage the birth of innovations like this. Since several years ago, Unhas continues to host the Food and Health Innovation Forum in collaboration with the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education.