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Ness Marie Sta. Iglesia, Marcelo A. Quevedo and FZenaida C. Gonzaga ABSTRACT Tomatoes are highly perishable and postharvest losses vary greatly among production areas and seasons of production. This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of open or protected cultivation system and postharvest modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) on the physical and chemical changes of …

Physico-chemical Changes in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Fruits as Influenced by Cultivation Systems and Modified Atmosphere Packaging Read More »

Angie R. Poliquit and Serena L. Sanchez ABSTRACT Twelve male growing lambs were used in a randomized complete block design to determine the effects of feeding liquid acid whey (LAW) on the performance of the animal, its dry matter intake, nutrient digestibility, weight gain and ruminal pH. Animals received a diet consisting of Napier grass …

Performance of Growing Lambs as Influenced by Liquid Acid Whey Supplementation Read More »

Deejay S. Maranguit and Victor B. Asio ABSTRACT An important prerequisite to sustainable soil management is a good understanding of soil morphological, physical and chemical characteristics. Until now, very limited data are available on the characteristics of mountain soils in the central part of Leyte Island. Thus, this study was conducted to determine the morpho-physical …

Morpho-Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Mountain Soils in Central Leyte Read More »

Dewoowoogen P. Baclayon1 and Candelario L. Calibo2 ABSTRACT Natural products for disease control and quality enhancement of fruit after harvest are increasingly used as alternative to chemical pesticides which are hazardous to human health and the environment. This study was conducted to extract chitosan from crab processing waste and compare its effect with commercial chitosan …

Effects of Chitosan Isolated from Crab Exoskeleton on Postharvest Stem-end Rot Disease and on the Quality of Mango Fruit Read More »

Roy B. R. Porter1, Lawrence A. D. Williams2, Grace-Ann O. Junor1 and Cheryl Green2 ABSTRACT The present review is a compilation of the spices commonly used in Jamaica for preserving foods especially meats. These include: Allium cepa L. (onion), Allium fistulosum L. (Escallion), Allium sativum L. (Garlic), Capsicum annum L. (Scoth bonnet), Capsicum frutescens L. …

Jamaican Spices as Food Preservatives Read More »

Isaac Babatunde Alebiosu1, Ganiyu Olatunji Olatunde2 and Olufemi Olutoyin Richard Pitan3 ABSTRACT The performance and cocoon yields of two silkworm hybrids – W1D2 and C1J2 – grown on mulberry leaves from NPK fertilizer-, poultry manure – or non-amended soils were investigated in a 2 x 3 factorial experiment fitted into a completely randomized design with …

General Performance and Cocoon Yields of Two Hybrids of the Silkworm, Bombyx Mori L. (Lepidoptera: Bombicidae), Fed on Mulberry Leaves from Different Amended Soils Read More »