Mary Ann M. Caintic and Pedro T. Armenia ABSTRACT For the cropping season covered by the study, the average production of the five rice farmers was 102.72 cavans per hectare. The total net return was P4,285.28. Rice farmers who engaged in the prendes system incurred lower labor cost but allotted one fifth of the produce …
R. de Pedro, Jr., C. Lightfoot, D. Apura, M. Acaba and J. Cabiling ABSTRACT Seventeen varieties of sweet potato [Ipomea batatas (L.) Lam] were grown and evaluated by subsistence upland farmers of Basey, Samar, Philippines. The 14 local and three improved varieties were described by leaf shape and color as well as by the color …
Enrique R. Alcober ABSTRACT Thirty-six clones of abaca and related Musa species were studied to determine their morphological characters, fiber yield and recovery, and tensile strength of their fibers; and to evaluate the relative merit of each parameter to fiber yield. The different clones showed wide variation in all the characters evaluated. Generally, clones with …
Ruben M. Gapasin ABSTRACT Pre-infectional resistance was indicated by fewer nematodes which penetrated the resistant cultivars Jasper, Jewel and W-86 compared to those which entered the susceptible cultivars Binicol and UPR. Post-infectional resistance was shown by delayed or retarded development of nematodes after penetration in Jasper and Jewel or to non-development to maturity in W-86. …
Rodolfo G. Escalada and Guindolino R. Gerona ABSTRACT Paragrass [Brachiaria mutica (Forsk.) Stapt] and centrosema (Centrosema pubescens Benth.) were grown in combination under coconut and subjected to different fertilizer treatments. High dry matter yields were obtained during periods when soil moisture, nutrients, and solar radiation had been favorable for plant growth. Regrowth of both grass …
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Andresito D. Acabal and Ernesto J. del Rosario ABSTRACT The effects of pH on batch production of glucoamylase by Aspergillus awamori NRRL 3112 in a 3.5-L airlift fermenter were determined using a mixture of cassava flour and rice bran (1:2 weight ratio) as substrate. Highest production of the enzyme was noted on the fourth day …