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"Application of Environmental Users' Fee System to Household for Enhanced Water Pollution Control in Laguna de Bay, Philippines"
The instituted environmental users’ fee system (EUFS) of the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) had been assessed with problems and limitations0 as water pollution in Laguna de Bay continued to persist. Thus, one of the identified... Read more.MS in Environmental Science (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Assessment of Environmental Services Toward Rewarding a Community-based Forest Management Project in Midwestern Leyte Province, Philippines"
The community-based forest management (CBFM) project in Midwestern Leyte Province was studied to assess the following environmental services: (1) carbon stocks or storage, (2) biodiversity conservation, and (3) soil and water conservation. The... Read more.PhD in Forest Resource Management (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Assessment of Genetic Diversity in Garcinia Species by using Isozyme Analysis, Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD), and Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs)"
Genetic diversity in 22 accessions of Garcinia species was assessed using isozyme analysis, random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD), and simple sequence repeats (SSRs). Among the 15 isozymes tested, only peroxidase isozyme produced bands. A... Read more.MS in Plant Genetic Resources Conservation and Management (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Biology of Two Spider Mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) of Roses (Rosa sp.) and a Phytoseiid Predator (Acari: Phytoseiidae) and Its Biological Control Potential"
Mites pass through egg, larval, protonymph, and deutonymph stages reaching the adult stage. Average duration (in days) of the life stages for female and male Tetranychus uricae were incubation period, 3.43+0.11 and 3.63+0.11; larva, 1.70+0.24... Read more.PhD in Entomology (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Endogenous Insulin-like Growth Factor I (IGF-I) in Growth and Reproductive Performance of Boars (Sus scrofa L.)"
Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) is a 7.6 kDa, 70 amino acid residue peptide hormone that has been shown to be involved in the metabolic regulation of growth and reproduction in livestock. The study was undertaken to quantify the concentrations... Read more.MS in Animal Science (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Genetic Differentiation of the Broodstocks of Black Ear Catfish (Panggasius larnaudii Bocourt, 1866)"
Black ear catfish, Panggasius larnaudii Bocourt, 1866, is one of the dominant food fish and commercially important pangasiid species in Thailand. The Thai Department of Fisheries (DoF) has engaged in breeding programs of this fish for... Read more.MS in Food Security (Universiti Putra Malaysia)"Heritability and Correlation Estimates of Semen Characteristics and Reproductive Traits in Various Genetic Groups of Mallard Ducks (Anas platyrhynchos Linn.)"
The study was conducted to estimate the heritability of and correlation among semen characteristics and reproductive traits in various genetic groups of Mallard ducks (Philippine Mallard, Pekin, and Khaki Campbell). More specifically, the study aimed... Read more.MS in Animal Science (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"In Vitro Propagation and Mutation Induction of Dendranthema grandiflora Tzvelev"
The genus Dendranthema (Family: Asteraceae) is a popular cut flower or pot plant species of high economic value cultivated around the world. The genus has more than 100 species of annual and perennial herbs and shrubs used as floral crops as... Read more.MS in Biotechnology (Universiti Putra Malaysia)"Institutional Transformation of Agricultural Cooperatives in an Agro-industrializing Community in Hanoi, Vietnam"
The study analyzed the nature of institutional transformations (ITs) of agricultural cooperatives (ACs) in response to agricultural industrialization (AI) and their contributions to development of the community. Proportional random sampling was used... Read more.PhD in Community Development (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Isolation, Purification, and Characterization of a Lectin from Synapta sp"
A survey was conducted on 32 species of marine invertebrates collected in three Philippine provinces; namely, Leyte, Samar, and Batangas, as source of lectin. Among the non-food invertebrates, Synapta sp., class Holothuriodea, family... Read more.PhD in Biochemistry (University of the Philippines Los Baños)