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"Studies on the processing of a local noddle (sotanghon)."
Laboratory experiments were conducted to determine the physic chemical characteristics of mungo, corn , cassava and sweet potato and their suitability for sotanghon manufacture. Cassava was found to have the highest starch content (more... Read more.MS (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"The calcium and Phosphorus Requirements of Swine: Weanling Pigs from 10 to 20 Kilograms Liveweight"
A feeding experiment was conducted to determine the favorable levels of dietary calcium and phosphorus for the normal growth, development and physiological activities of weanling pigs. Criteria used included daily feed consumption, daily weight... Read more.MS (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"The Effect of Hardening on Drought Resistance and Free Proline Content of Lycopersicon esculentum Mill"
Field, greenhouse and growth chamber experiments were conducted to determine the response of tomato to presowing hardening (PSH), seeding stage hardening (SH) and their combination (PSH + SH). Results showed that PSH induced drought and possibly... Read more.MS (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Toxicity of Carbofuran to the Brown Planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Stal) and Its Metabolism in the Rice Plant"
Experiments were conducted to determine the toxicity of carbofuran to the brown plathopper and to evaluate its metabolism in the rice plant under sunlight and laboratory conditions at different temperatures and light intensities. Carbofuran... Read more.MS (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Vegetables Soft Rot Bacteria in the Philippines"
Five hundred eighteen specimens of vegetable soft rot diseases were collected from 19 towns and 20 cities in 14 provinces in Luzon, 5 in the Visayas and 8 in Mindanao. Of more than 4,00 single bacterial colony inoculations made, 80 isolates... Read more.PhD (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Work Experience in the Vocational Agriculture Program as Perceived by School Adminitratirs, Teachers and Students in Selected."
The study sought to determine the desirability and educational implications of the work experience aspect of the Vo-Ag program as perceived by administrators, teachers and students of agriculture schools. The study covered six agricultural... Read more.MS (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"A Biological and Taxicological Study of the Spider Mite, Tetranychus kanzawai Kishida"
The life history, reproductive capacity and behavior of T. kanzawai on soybeans were studied as well as its response to six acraicides at different stages. Predatory habits of a phytoseiid mite, Amblyseius longispinosus (Evans), were also observed.... Read more.MS in Entomology (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"An Analysis of Resources Productivity and Credits Needs of Coconut Farms in Southern Tagalog"
The study attempted to determine the levels of input resources and the corresponding output and income of coconut farms, analyze some economic factors of coconut production and farm income, obtain statistical estimates of the productivities of the... Read more.MS (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"An Economic Analysis of Pasture Improvement and Grazing Practices of Beef Cattle Production in the"
The main objective of the study were to identify the costs involved in pasture improvement programs and improved grazing practices in some beef cattle farms, to compare the cost and return generated by various stocking rates, and to prepare a... Read more.MS (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Climatology of the Mabacan River Watershed: I, Evapotranspiration"
The study was designed to determine the applicability of the evapotranspiration climatonomy model as conceived by H. Lettau, to the 46sq. km. Mabacan River watershed at Calauan, Laguna ,Philipphines. This study was specially concerned with the... Read more.MS in Agrometeorology (University of the Philippines Los Baños)