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"An Assessment of the Productivity and Utilization of UPLB Forestry Graduates, 1931-1974: An Investment Approach."
The study attempted to assess the economic productivity and utilization of BSF and Ranger Certificate graduates of UPLB-CF. Basic data used in the rate of return analysis were earnings of the graduates and the costs of their forestry schooling... Read more.PhD (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Analysis of Demand for Fertilizer in Thailand"
Main objectives of the study were to determine fertilizer demand and the factors affecting it, and to estimate price elasticity of fertilizer demand and cross elasticity of factors affecting demand. Two models, the traditional and the... Read more.PhD (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Blood Gonadotrophic Activity in Carabao Heifer During the Estrous Cycle"
Day-old Single Comb White Leghorn chicks were used in an experiment to assess the effects of the follicle stimulating hormone (FHS), luteinizing hormone (LH) and blood gonadotrophic hormone from carabao heifer undergoing the estrous cycle. ... Read more.MS (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Chemical, Biological, and Integrated Biochemical Control of Meloidogyne incognita."
Three sets of experiments were conducted to study the responses of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita to three types of control measures: chemical, using four nematicides; biological,using three nematode-trapping fungi; and integrated... Read more.PhD (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Cut Scheduling in Industrial Forest Plantations by Linear Programming"
The study aimed mainly to develop a functional linear programming model to solve simultaneously the problem of cut scheduling and forest plantation development. The model was applied to a hyphotethical forest, using pertinent data from Nasipit Lumber... Read more.MS (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Effect of Cultivar and Pre-Processing Storage Conditions on the Quality of Canned Corn Niblet"
‘Glutinous Synthetic 22’ and ‘PH801 Sweet Corn’ cultivars were studied to determine carbohydrate metabolism during different storage conditions and its effect on the quality of the processed products. Both cultivars... Read more.MS (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Effect of Heat and Media on Protein Quality and Trypsin Inhibitors of Mung Bean [Vigna radiate (L.) Wilezek]"
Raw and boiled mung brean meals and mung bean cooked with sucrose solution were evaluated for protein quality in vivo using rats and for trypsin inhibitor activity in vitro. Boiling at 100°C for 30 minutes slightly improved the protein... Read more.MS (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Effectiveness of Three Techniques of Identifying Leaders in Lam Pao Irrigation Project, Northeast Thailand"
The study was conceptualized to determine the effectiveness of three techniques of identifying leaders who would then be trained and supported as key communications so that they could wield influence, identify common problems and transmit... Read more.PhD (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Enhancement of Nitrate Reductase in Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)"
Experiments were conducted on tomato; (1) to optimize the conditions for the in vivo determination of endogenous nitrate reductase activity (NRA, EC 1.6.6.1) and enhanced NRA (by nitrate) and simultaneously explore the possibility of using the... Read more.PhD (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Epidemiology of Mungbean Yellow Mosaic Virus in the Philippines"
Transmission tests showed that mungbean yellow mosaic virus (MYMV) was readily sap-transmitted to mungbean and other legumes. Return inoculation tests also indicated that MYMV could be transmitted from mungbean to cowpea and... Read more.PhD (University of the Philippines Los Baños)