DR. VICTOR B. ASIO
Editor-in-Chief
Soil Science & Geoecology
Department of Soil Science
Visayas State University
Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines 6521-A
Email:vbasio@vsu.edu.ph
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DR. HENRY Y. GOLTIANO
Managing Editor
Extension Education & Rural Sociology
Department of Agricultural Education & Extension
Visayas State University
Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines 6521-A
Email:henrygoltiano@vsu.edu.ph
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EDITORIAL BOARD
DR. BEATRIZ S. BELONIAS
Botany
Department of Biological Sciences
Visayas State University
Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines 6521-A
DR. ZENAIDA C. GONZAGA
Horticulture
Department of Horticulture
Visayas State University
Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines 6521-A
DR. ROTACIO S. GRAVOSO
Learning Science & Curriculum Dev’t
Department of Development Communication
Visayas State University
Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines 6521-A
Email:r.gravoso@vsu.edu.ph
PROF. FLORENTINO F. MORALES JR.
Land Management
Department of Geodetic Engineering
Visayas State University
Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines 6521-A
DR. JAMES A. PATINDOL
Biochemistry/Food Science
Philrootcrops
Visayas State University
Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines 6521-A
DR. SANTIAGO T. PEÑA JR.
Tropical Veterinary Science
College of Veterinary Medicine
Visayas State University
Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines 6521-A
DR. MOISES NEIL V. SERIÑO
Development & Environmental Economics
Department of Economics
Visayas State University
Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines 6521-A
EDITORIAL STAFF
KIMBERLY V. CAINGCOY
Editorial Assistant
Office of the Vice President for Research, Extension & Innovation
Visayas State University
Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines 6521-A
Email: atrlsu@yahoo.com
LANGUAGE EDITOR
RHODORA ABALAJEN-BANDE
Language Editor
Department of Liberal Arts & Behavioral Sciences
Visayas State University
Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines 6521-A
JANET MACKENZIE-MODINA
Language Editor
Brgy. Pangasugan
Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines 6521-A
INTERNATIONAL BOARD
DR. MARY JOY ABIT
Weed Science / Crop Physiology
(University of the Philippines Los Baños)
DR. SERGIO M. ABIT JR
Environmental Soil Physics & Hydropedology
(Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma, USA)
DR. AMANULLAH
Integrated Crops & Nutrients Management;
Climate Change & Land;
Dryland Agriculture & Sustainable Soil Management
(University of Peshawar, Pakistan)
DR. MARIA JULIET C. CENIZA
Entomologist
(Visayas State University, Philippines)
DR. RENEZITA COME
Silviculture and Tree Physiology
(Visayas State University, Philippines)
DR. ZUENG-SANG CHEN
Environmental Pollution & Pedology
(National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan)
DR. SAUREN DAS
Botany & Ecophysiology
(Agricultural & Ecological Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, India)
DR. FRANCISCO B. ELEGADO
Fermentation Tech. & Protein Chem.
(National Inst. of Molecular Biol. & Biotech., UPLB, Philippines)
DR. IVY C. EMNACE
Food Microbiology & Food Product Development
(Visayas State University, Philippines)
DR. FE M. GABUNADA
Agricultural Economics
(Visayas State University, Philippines)
DR. STEPHEN MARK HARPER
Vegetable crop agronomy, physiology, crop nutrition and soil fertility
(Queensland Government Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Australia)
DR. REINHOLD JAHN
Soil Science & Landscape Ecology
(Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)
DR. GERARDO C. JANAIRO
Organic Chemistry & Material Science
(De La Salle University, Manila)
DR. LAWRENCE LIAO
Marine Biology
(Hiroshima University, Japan)
DR. MARIO IVAN LOPEZ
Cultural Anthropology
(Kyoto University, Japan)
DR. DENISE MARGARET S. MATIAS
Social Ecology, Environmental Science & Policy; Biodiversity & Indigenous Community Forestry
(Institute for Social-Ecological Research, Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
DR. ANALYN M. MAZO
Marine Biology, Reproductive Biology of Invertebrates
(Visayas State University, Philippines)
DR. JUVY G. MOJARES
Social sciences; Extension Education; Development Communication/Studies; Community Development;
(Somerton Middle School, Arizona, USA)
DR. IAN A. NAVARRETTE
Environmental Pedology
(Southern Leyte State University, Philippines)
DR. RODNEY H. PEREZ
Food Biotechnology; Molecular Biology; Bacteriocins;
(University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines)
DR. MD. MIZANUR RAHMAN
Environmental Microbiology & Bioinformatics
(Islamic University, Kushtia Bangladesh)
DR. PEARL B. SANCHEZ
Soil Chemistry
(University of the Philippines Los Baños)
DR. LETECIA S. SONON
Soil & Environmental Chemistry
(University of Georgia, USA)
DR. ROEL R. SURALTA
Agronomy, Crop Physiology, Environmental Stress Physiology and Root Biology
(Philippine Rice Research Institute, Philippines)
DR. ANABELLA B. TULIN
Soil Chemistry & Plant Nutrition
(Visayas State University, Philippines)
DR. EDGARDO E. TULIN
Biotechnology
(Visayas State University, Philippines)
DR. R. S. UMAKANTH
Breeding and Biochemical Genetics of the silkworm, Bombyx mori and Mulberry, Morus alba
(University of Mysore, India)
DR. ARTHUR Q. VILLORDON
Genetics / Plant Breeding
(Louisiana State University, USA)
DR. AKIRA YAMAUCHI
Bioresources Recycling
(Nagoya University, Japan)
Past Editors-in-Chief
Dr. Manuel K. Palomar (1979-1982)
Professor Emeritus of Plant Pathology
Department of Pest Management, VSU
Dr. Rolinda Talatala-Sanico (1983-1989)
Professor of Weed Science (retired)
Philrootcrops, VSU
Dr. Federico G. Villamayor, Jr. (1990-1995)
Professor of Agronomy (retired)
Philrootcrops, VSU
Dr. Jose R. Pardales, Jr. (1995-1998)
Professor of Crop Physiology (deceased)
Philrootcrops, VSU