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"Molecular Markers in Swine Production"
Three experiments were conducted to study molecular markers in swine. The first experiment dealt with estimation of genetic variation between and among native swine in the Philippines and Thailand using Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism... Read more.PhD in Animal Science (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Nutrient and Productivity Status of Corn-indigenous Legume Rotation Schemes in Upland Alley Cropping Systems"
study to determine the productivity of corn with winged beans and lima beans as rotation crops with or without alley was conducted in Balogo, Oas, Albay from January 1996 to May 1997. Four crop rotations (corn-fallow-corn, corn-winged... Read more.PhD in Agronomy (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Pesticides and Rice Productivity in the Hanoi Province, Red River Delta, North Vietnam"
This study attempted to estimate the productivity of pesticides and to characterize the groups of farmers who use high and low levels of pesticides. It also aimed to compare the levels of pesticide use by the farmers who applied calendar and as... Read more.MS in Agricultural Economics (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Physicochemical Characterization of Golden Snail (Pomacea sp.) lectin"
A Ca2+ dependent lectin was isolated from the visceral region of golden snail by protein extraction using TBS, 0-25 percent ammonium sulfate fractionation and column chromatography using gel filtration on Sephadex G-200 followed by Superose-12... Read more.MS in Biochemistry (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Potential Improvement of Unused Tiger Prawn (Penaeus monodon Fab.) by Hormonal Treatments"
Unused tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon Fab.) is one that has undergone ablation after only two breeding periods, which causes high production cost, pollution of the environment, and difficulties in providing it continuously with enough quantity at... Read more.PhD in Biology (Bogor Agricultural University)"Preparation of Surimi-like Products from Broiler and Culled Egg-type Ducks (Anas Platyrhynchos Linn.) Meat"
The possibility of using broiler and culled egg-type duck meat for the manufacture of surimi-like products was evaluated. The procedure used was modified from surimi processing. The meat was ground three times through a 5mm diameter grinder blade... Read more.MS in Animal Science (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Screening for Drought Resistance with the Use of Some Morpho-Physiological Characters in Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]."
Drought experiments in soybean were carried out using 100 soybean genotypes in the first experiment and 20 selected soybean genotypes in the second experiment under controlled greenhouse condition. The objectives of the study were to (1) test the... Read more.MS in Plant Breeding (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Socioeconomic Aspects of Traditional Agroforestry Practice in Two Villages in Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic"
Agroforestry is a general concept for a land management system combining trees and agricultural crops or livestock and is being practiced in a number of ways or techniques. Each of these techniques is adjusted to a specific set of socioeconomic... Read more.MS in Forestry (Universiti Putra Malaysia)"Some Ecological Studies on Hopea odorata Roxb. and Hopea pubescens Ridl. Seedlings"
Hopea odorata is fairly widely distributed in evergreen forests from mainland Southeast Asia to the Andaman Islands, Borneo, and the Philippine Islands, while H. pubescens is only endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. Both species belong to... Read more.PhD in Forestry (Universiti Putra Malaysia)"Stochastic Modeling of Philippine Weather Data"
Weather data are very important for agricultural planning and other related activities. However, a weather station may not always be established in every location. Thus, weather data estimation is needed when either one or both of the following... Read more.PhD in Statistics (University of the Philippines Los Baños)