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"Corn Farming Practices and Rituals of Maguindanaoan Farmers"
The study was conducted to establish a benchmark information of the demographic, social, and economic characteristics of Maguindanao corn farmers in Maguindanao Province, Philippines. Their corn farming practices and rituals, and their reasons for... Read more.MS in Community Development (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Development of Stand Growth Model and Alternative Harvesting Schemes in Indonesia"
The Indonesian Selective Logging System is a guideline applied by most forest concession holders in managing the tropical rain forests of Indonesia. Problems concerning the systems capability to guarantee future forests cropped up because of... Read more.MS in Forest Resource Management (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Effect of Time Application and Varying Concentrations GA3 (Gibberellic Acid) on the Seedlessness of Grapes"
The study was conducted to determine the optimum concentration and most suitable time to apply gibberellic acid (GA3) as well as their effects on the seedlessness of the 'Brazilian Hybrid' grape. The application timings were pre-bloom... Read more.MS in Horticulture (Central Luzon State University)"Effects of Type of Inocula and Phosphate Levels on Mycorrhizal Formation and Initial Growth of Pinus Merkusii Jungh et de Vriese Seedlings in Two Types of Soils"
The study determined the effects of soiI type, superphosphate levels, inocula types as well as the combined effects of soil and superphosphate level, soil and inoculation type, and soil superphosphate level and inoculum type that favor the... Read more.MS in Forest Biological Sciences (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Exploration of the Tasks and Roles of Rural Muslim Women in Selected Areas of Lanao del Sur"
The study attempted to identify the tasks and type of roles assumed by the rural Muslim women in the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines, particularly in farming and fishing. It also determined the ways by which the women learned the tasks they... Read more.PhD in Extension Education (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Genetic Variability Among Unselected S2 Lines Derived from Four Corn (Zea Mays L.) Composites"
Means, variances, and predicted responses due to selection and correlations among all possible pairs of traits were obtained for nine agronomic traits by evaluating 80 unseleced S2 lines derived from four corn (Zea mays L.) composites, namely: PCI-1... Read more.MS in Agronomy (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Growth, Yield, and Nutrient Concentration of Two Rice Varieties Treated with Four Levels of Salt and Nitrogen"
The effect of salt and nitrogen on the soil solution EC and pH and on the growth, yield, and nutrient concentration of IR52 and IR26 rice varieties were studied in a pot experiment conducted in the screenhouse of the Department of Soil Sciences... Read more.MS in Soil Science (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Identification, Pathogenicity, Suscept, and Life Cycle of Tylenchorhynchus Species Associated with Sugarcane (Saccharum Offlcinarium L.) in the Philippines"
Two species of Tylenchorhynchus, T. annulatus (T. martini), and T. cylindricus, were found in sugarcane in provinces of Laguna, Batangas, Pampanga, and Tarlac in the Philippines. T. annulatus was found in samples collected in all the provinces... Read more.MS in Plant Pathology (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Integrated Rice-Fish-Sheep Farming System"
The study was conducted to establish an objective basis of integrated rice-fish-sheep farmong system. Twenty-one paddy plots, 200 square meters each, were used in a randomized complete block design experiment. There were seven treatments... Read more.MS in Aquaculture (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Kinetics of the Thermal Degradation of β-carotene in Carrot Juice"
The study was conducted to quantitatively define the effect of heating on the degradation of β-carotene in a natural food system. Carrot juice was heated at six temperatures: 104.4°C, 110.0°C, 115.6°C, 121.1°C, 126.7°C, and... Read more.MS in Food Science (University of the Philippines Los Baños)