Volume 20 1998

Marylene B. Posas and Manuel K. Palomar ABSTRACT Specimens of the most common fungal diseases of native butterfly orchids were collected in Baybay, Leyte and the diseases and their casual organisms were also identified. Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc. Grew radially showing profuse, white, aerial, straight mycelia and brown sclerotial bodies in potato dextrose agar (PDA). Colletotrichum …

Research Note: Common fungal diseases of native butterfly orchids (Phalaenopsis sp.) Read More »

Rebecco M. Santiago and Janet T. Peña ABSTRACT This paper discusses some important cultural and management practices for coconut specifically fertilizer application, covercropping, intercropping and pasture and cattle raising under coconut. Fertilizer application improves seedling growth, enhances maturation and increases nut production of coconut. Covercropping is a good cultural practice because it minimizes soil compaction, …

Important cultural and management practices for coconut Read More »

Arturo E. Pasa1 and Teodoro R. Villanueva2 ABSTRACT A study was conducted to determine the effects of rainfall, physiographic and anthropogenic factors on the water yield of Molawin watershed. Results showed that the total suspended solids was increased by the tractive force of streamflow and the activities of the people inside the watershed. Rainfall increased …

The water yield of Molawin watershed as influenced by rainfall, physiographic and anthropogenic factors Read More »

Tessie C. Nuñez ABSTRACT A simple means of deriving two seedling from a hybrid macapuno embryo was developed. Macapuno embryos were allowed to grow in vitro for 1 to 1.5 months or until the shoots and roots emerged. Germinating embryos were cut longitudinally, equally dividing the shoots and roots. Split embryos were then subcultured in …

Doubling macapuno seedling production through embryo splitting Read More »

S. Adhikary, P. Banik and P.K. Ghosal ABSTRACT Field experiments were conducted during the rainy seasons of 1992-93 and 1993-94 at the agricultural experimental farm, Giridih, Bihar to evaluate the intercropping system of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L.) with cereals such as maize (Zea mays L.) and rice (Oryza sativa L.), and legumes such as greengram …

Pigeonpea intercropping with some cereals and legumes in the plateau area of Eastern India Read More »

T.C. Nuñez and D.P. Lina ABSTRACT To understand the influence of parent coconut cultivars on the root development of their hybrid, this study was conducted in Inopacan, Leyte using eight dwarf and tall reciprocal crosses and their parent genotypes. Coconut crosses with dwarf (D) and tall (T) parents were found to have lighter roots than …

Root development of coconut reciprocal crosses and their parental cultivars at early bearing stage Read More »

Maurice Akpan Okoji ABSTRACT Per capita income is low in Nigeria. In some rural areas it is below US$30.00. This level of income has forced the rural poor to rely on accessible natural resources for survival. To find out the role of trees in this regard, six villages in each of the six local government …

The importance of trees for the survival of the poor in Annangland, Nigeria Read More »