Jane A. Austero, Pedro T. Armenia and Moises Niel V. Seriño ABSTRACT This study aimed to describe the socio-demographic profile of graduates and determine the major factors that affect employment outcomes of HEI graduates in Eastern Visayas, Philippines. It used secondary data from the graduate tracer studies in 2008, involving 2,097 sample graduates who were …
Marjhurhy Ann S. Federicos and Rotacio S. Gravoso ABSTRACT The Philippines is now adopting information and communication technology (ICT) to promote agricultural sustainability and rural development. Among the development programs that apply ICT is the Open Academy for Philippine Agriculture (OPAPA) E-Learning Project by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), the agency mandated to spearhead …
Ana Marquiza M. Quilicot1 and Roswitha Baumung2 ABSTRACT Information on the degree of inbreeding is very important in the effective management of captive populations of animals in zoos. For the North Persian leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor), in particular, no report on this aspect is available. This study evaluated the effect of inbreeding on fitness traits …
Rey J. dela Calzada1 and Jeffrey M. Lotz2 ABSTRACT The relative virulence of the China isolate of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV-CN) in the penaeid shrimps Litopenaeus vannamei and Farfantepenaeus duorarum, was assessed by a comparison of 7-d median lethal dose (LD50), survival curve, and mean lethal load after exposure by injection. Shrimps were injected …
Villaluz Z. Acedo and Catherine C. Arradaza ABSTRACT Germplasm collections, the lifeblood of breeding programs, are traditionally maintained in the field. Field genebanks are expensive, subject to genetic erosion, and require several quarantine measures for safe movement of genetic materials. These problems are more serious in long-duration, non-flowering and vegetatively propagated crops like yam. This …
Development of In vitro Slow Growth Culture for Yam (Dioscorea alata L.) Read More »
Suparna Mandal Biswas ABSTRACT A new Bromo isotopic compound has been isolated and purified from the Methanol Fraction of Teak leaves (MFTk). Chromatographic and spectral analyses (TLC, UV, MS, NMR, and IR) indicated the compound to be 2-bromo-1-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-3,4-dimethylpentan-1-one, in short, BrHPDMP with molecular wieghts 285 and 287. The whole leaf leachate of teak showed strong …
Pet Roey Pascual1, Krienkai Mosaleeyanon2, Kanokwan Romyanon2 and Chalermpol Kirdmanee2 ABSTRACT Salt stress elicits various physiological and growth responses of oil palm. A laboratory experiment was conducted to determine the responses of oil palms cultured in vitro under varying salinity levels (0, 85.5, 171.11, 342.21 and 684.43 mM NaCl) to elevated CO2 (1000 μmol CO2/mol) …
Michelle B. Castillo and Cezar P. Mamaril ABSTRACT Biofertilizers have been claimed as an alternative source of nutrients for plants in order to increase yield and reduce the inorganic fertilizer use by 50%. Sixteen trials were undertaken nationwide covering the provinces of Ilocos Norte, Isabela, Nueva Ecija, Laguna, Camarines Sur, Negros Occidental, Leyte, Samar, Bohol, …
Comparative Performance of Biofertilizers on Irrigated Lowland Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Read More »
Marlito M. Bande1,4, Jan Grenz2, Victor B. Asio3 and Joachim Sauerborn4 ABSTRACT Abaca, being a shallow rooted plant and a gross feeder, is able to exploit a limited zone soil. Hence, a careful evaluation of its nutrient uptake is needed, particularly under reduced light condition, irrigation, and NPK fertilization. These field trials were performed to …