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Ruben M. Gapasin and Ma. Leticia Suico ABSTRACT A chlorotic spotting disease of sweet potato was observed during ions conducted in September 1984 on the sweet potato varieties and hybrids grown in the experimental field of the Visayas State College of Agriculture (ViSCA) Baybay, Leyte, Philippines. The disease believed to be caused by a virus. …

Occurrence of a Chlorotic Spotting Disease on Some VISCA Sweet Potato Hybrids Read More »

Alfredo B. Escasinas and Rodolfo G. Escalada ABSTRACT Mungbean, bushbean, soybean and peanut planted in rotation with sweet potato did not significantly affect the vine length and fresh weight of the vegetative parts of the root crop but increased its marketable and total tuber yield. However, only the plants rotated with mungbean showed a significant …

Crop Rotation of Sweet Potato, Cassava, and Gabi with Legumes as a Cultural Management System Read More »

Nerelito P. Pascual and Edgardo A. Panares ABSTRACT Majority of the carabaos raised by farmers in Iloilo, Bohol and Leyte are intended primarily for draft purpose. Among the six types of farming systems, the carabao used for rice-based farming had the highest value of draft Power and the lowest was in sugarcane-based farming. The value …

Economic Contributions of the Carabao to Farm Households and Resource Productivity Analyses Read More »

Ebenezer T. Parrilla ABSTRACT Body weights were reduced when ducklings were subjected to restricted feeding. However, no significant differences in body weights were obtained among treatments at 9 weeks old. The average fasted weights, uneviscerated weights, carcass weights (with and without giblets), and dressing percentages as well as the percentage of cut-up parts such as …

Performance of Meat-type Ducklings on Different Levels of Feed Restriction Read More »

Manuel K. Palomar, Joji Y. Duatin and Victoria G. Palermo ABSTRACT Six plant species belonging to Araceae and one species of Solanaceae were infected with two taro feathery mosaic disease. Typhonium trilobalum (Linn.) Schott, Dieffenbachia maculata, Dieffenbachia sp. and Datura metel Blanco were highly susceptible while Xanthosoma sp. w. moderately susceptible. Caladium bicolor (Avit.) Vent …

Araceous and Nonaraceous Hosts of Taro Feathery Mosaic Disease Read More »

Bernadette F. Quirol, Rodolfo G. Escalada and Fe A. Manatad ABSTRACT The use of legume intercrops deduced the overall growth of sweet potato. The yield of sweet potato declined by as much as 17.78% while that of the legumes by 14.94% due to competition for nutrients and light between the main crop and the intercrops. …

Intercropping Sweet Potato with Legumes as a Cultural Management System Read More »

Ruben M. Gapasin ABSTRACT Of the 52 sweet potato cultivars screened, 13, 4, 7 and 28 were susceptible, moderately susceptible, moderately resistant and resistant, respectively, to Meloidogyne incognita With M. javanica, only one cultivar was found susceptible, one was moderately susceptible, three were moderately resistant and 47 were resistant. Based on egg mass rating index, …

Resistance of Fifty-two sweet Potato [Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam.] Cultivars to Meloidogyne incognita and M. javanica Read More »