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"Studies on Seed Germination, Bud Activation, and Early Budshoot Growth of Uevea brasiliensis (Muell. Arg.)"
Studies to reduce the uneven early growth of Hevea buddings were done to overcome the low percentage of tappable trees during the early years of tapping. These included experiments on Hevea seed germination - bud activation of budded stumps to... Read more.PhD in Agriculture (Universiti Pertanian Malaysia)"Studies on the Influence of Probiotics on Pekin Ducks"
One hundred and eighty day-old Pekin ducklings of Cherry Valley strain with 50:50 sex ratio were randomly distributed in five treatments, three for probiotic groups, one group each with chemobiotic supplement (sulfad imethoxine-onnetoprim) as... Read more.PhD in Animal Science (Central Luzon State University)"Teaching Competency Needs of Vocational Agriculture Teachers as Perceived by Vocational Agriculture Teachers and Administrators in Thailand"
The study determined the teaching competency needs of vocational agriculture teachers on the agricultural college level to gather inputs for program planning of agricultural education in Thailand. Data were gathered from 304 vocational... Read more.PhD in Agricultural Education (Universiti Pertanian Malaysia)"The Epidemiology and Bacteriology of Leptospiral Infection in Two Selected Cattle Farms in Peninsular Malaysia"
A serological survey of cattle on two selected farms in Malaysia revealed that 87.7 percent (150/171) of the animals examined had leptospiral antibodies. Sixty percent of the positive sera had titres to two or more serovars. Overall, serovar... Read more.PhD in Animal Science (Universiti Pertanian Malaysia)"The Influence of Concentrate Supplementation, Age, and Body Weight on Postnatal Testicular Development in Goats"
Twelve sucking kids aged 1, 2, and 3 months and 40 weaned kids were used to determine the influence of concentrate supplementation, age, and body weight on postnatal testicular development in goats. The 40 weaned kids, all aged 3 months, were... Read more.MS in Animal Science (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Time of Planting Rainfed Lowland Rice after Green Manure Incorporation"
A field experiment was conducted at the experimental station of the Catanduanes Agricultural and Industrial College in Panganiban, Catanduanes, Philippines from August 1990 to March 1991 to determine the shortest turnaround time from green... Read more.MS in Agronomy (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Utilization of Madre de Cacao (Gliricidia sepium Jacq.) as Feed for Sheep"
Two feeding trials and an in vivo digestibility trial using sheep were conducted to evaluate the feeding va lue of gliricidia in combination with rice straw. In Experiment 1, local and foreign gliricidia accessions were analyzed for their... Read more.PhD in Animal Science (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"An Analysis of the Intra-organizational Communication Flow at the SEAMEO Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA): Its Implications to Management"
This is a naturalistic case analysis of the organizational communication flow at the SEAMEO Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA). SEA RCA is a regional organization hosted by the University of the Philippines... Read more.PhD in Development Communication (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Analysis of the Contribution of the Different Extension Methods to the Productivity of Farmers Growing Rice in the District of Port Dickson, Negri Sembilan, Malaysia"
The study was conducted to estimate the contribution of the different extension methods to rice production using a two-stage production function approach. Results indicated that attendance at mass meetings affected insecticide usage... Read more.MS in Agricultural Economics (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Characterization, Inheritance, and Mechanism of Resistance to Fusarium solani in Passionfruit (Passiflora edulis Sims.)"
Eight accessions of passionfruit were crossed to produce an F1 generation. This was accomplished by crossing all possible combinations with reciprocal and sib-mating resulting in 64 crosses. In addition, sibmating of F1 progenies were also... Read more.PhD in Plant Breeding (University of the Philippines Los Baños)