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February 1-29, 2016 Official Publication of the UPLB College of Agriculture Volume 5 No. 2

CA to mark 107th Nagoya University faculty, staff

year as Family Day & students visit CA dean
T he College of Agriculture (CA)
will celebrate its 107th Founda F
ivefacultystaandfourgraduatestudents(1Cam
bodian majoring in BioAgricultural Science; 2 Japa
onDayonMarch6withthetheme,CA nese specializing on Interna onal Development and Health
Family, Transforming Philippine Agricul Science, respec vely; and 1 Chinese with field of specializa
ture Through Academic Excellence and ononInterna onalDevelopment)ofNagoyaUniversityhad
PublicService. acourtesyvisittoDeanEnricoP.SupangcolastFebruary22.

Before the clock strikes at 6:00am, HavingheardaboutCAastheCommissiononHigherEdu
UPLB ocials, unit heads, guests, sta ca ons Center of Excellence in Agricultural Educa on, the
and alumni will troop to the Pook Pinag visitorsheadedbyDr.AkiraYamauchi(professoronAgricul
tatagan or more popularly known as the turalScienceCropScienceandAgronomy)wereveryeager
Founda on Site for a simple ceremony. to meet the dean. Dr. Yamauchi expressed his desire to
No less than Chancellor Fernando C. knowmoreaboutCAstrifoldfunc onwithmoreemphasis
Sanchez,Jr.,DeanEnricoP.Supangcoand onextensionwhich,accordingtohim,isnotverystrongin
Los Baos Mayor Caezar P. Perez will NagoyaUniversity.
grace the aair; together with UPLB

Alumni Associa on President Leo R. DeanSupangcoorientedthevisitorsaboutCA,itscurricu

Balles n,CAAlumniAssocia onPresident lar programs, products and services through a powerpoint
ElpidioM.Agbisit,Jr.andMADECORPres presenta on. He also informed them that CA, being the
premier ins tu on in agriculture, only admits 400 qualified
ident Elpidio L. Rosario who will serve as
theguestspeaker. UPCAT passers to maintain certain level of standards. Like
wise,hesaidthatCAhascon nuouslymaintaineditsstand
A er which, they will conduct a mo ingasthetopperformingschoolinthecountrywitha99per
torcade going to the Agronomy/Soils/ centpassingrateinthelicensureexamina onforagricultur
Hor culture building for the CA Recogni ists.
on Program and CA Family Day. During

the awarding ceremony in the morning, Dr.Yamauchialsoexpressedhisgra tudetothedeanfor

outstanding faculty, sta and students providing them with a technical sta from the visitors pro
willbehonored.Meanwhile,facultyand gramoftheCAExtensionUnittoassistthemevenonaweek
stawillshowtheirspecialtalentsduring end in their visit to Costales Nature Farms in Majayjay, La
the Cluster Follies where several student gunaandduringtheirinterviewwithsomefarmersandamu
organiza ons will provide intermission nicipalagriculturistinoneofthebarangaysinthesaidtown.

numbers. Priortomee ngthedean,thegroupalsohadacourtesy

This years ac vi es, held in conjunc callwithDr.ReynaldoComia,directoroftheIns tuteofAg

on with the UPLB Founda on Day cele roforestry.

bra on,alsobringstomindtheLosBaos
Thevisitto CAoftheNagoyaUniversitygroupispartof
Spiritthatbindsthecollege.(ApolinarioL.
their collabora ve undertakings with UPLB where a Nagoya
Lan can,withreportfromLorinaM.Cas
UniversitySatelliteCampusisbased.(ImeldaM.Gesmundo)
llo)
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CA PIAs attend CSC-IPB conducts OJT for

seminar on improving DMMSU aggie students
UPLBs visibility
T welve agriculture students from Don

T
MarianoMarcosMemorialStateUniversity
he CA public informa on associates
(DMMMSU), Rosario, La Union underwent an On
(PIAs) took part in a seminar on
theJob Training (OJT) at Crop Science Cluster
ImprovingIns tu onalVisibilityofUPLB,held
Ins tuteofPlantBreeding(CSCIPB)fromJanuary5
last February 24 at the ICOPED Auditorium,
toFebruary4.
UPLBcampus.

Otherwise known as Occupa onal Internship

ThePIAswhoa endedthesaidac vitywere
Program in DMMSU, the OJT is one of the require
Apolinario L. Lan can of the CA Deans Oce
mentsforthesestudentstogetadegree.Itisaimed
Publica onsSec on,Dr.NenitaL.deCastroand
toexposethestudentinternstoactualfieldexperi
MyrnaS.GalangoftheAnimalandDairyScienc
enceanddevelopproficiencyintheirfieldsofstudy.
es Cluster, Ruby G. dela Cruz and Joedel A. de
Guzman of the Crop Protec on Cluster, Virma The training course provided them with
ReaG.LeeandLeonisaA.ArtesoftheCropSci knowledge and skills in plant breeding, crop propa
ence Cluster, and Sheba Mae M. Duque of the ga on, pest management, gene banking, edible
FoodScienceCluster. landscaping,andseedproduc onandprocessing.It

usedacombina onofinterac velectures,laborato

ThespeakerswereledbyUPVicePresident
rysessions,fieldworkandvisittofarmsinBay,La
forPublicAairsProsperoE.deVerawhotalked
gunaandTagaytayCity,Cavite.Theyalsovisitedthe
onImprovingIns tu onalVisibilityofUPLBand
Interna onalRiceResearchIns tute.
Communica on in Crisis Management. Other

resourcepersonswereFrancesFa maM.Caba Several sta of CSCIPB served as coordinators,

na, deputy director of the UP System Infor lecturers, and laboratory/administra ve support
ma onOce,whotalkedonValueofBranding personnel.(LaureanoB.Lanosia,Jr.)
for Higher Educa on Ins tu ons and Khalil
Ismael Michael G. Quilinguing, media produc CPC- NCPC personnel
on specialist of the UP System Informa on
Oce, who discussed the Use of Social and garner 2016 awards
F
NewMediatoImproveIns tu onalVisibilityof
our personnel of the Crop Protec on Clus
aHigherEduca onIns tu on.
ter are this years recipients of various
Organized by the Oce of Public Rela ons awardsfromtheCAandUPLB.
headed by Director Josephine M. Bo, the semi
In the senior faculty category, Dr. Chris an Jo
narcoincidedwiththeinduc onandoathtaking
seph R. Cumagun has two awards: UPLB Outstand
ceremony for the PIAs of various colleges and
ing Researcher and CA Outstanding Researcher in
unitsofUPLB.ChancellorFernandoC.Sanchez,
the Natural Sciences Discipline. Meanwhile,
Jr. led the oath taking, together with Vice
Marcela M. Navasero (Scien st 1) is the CA Out
ChancellorforCommunityAairsSerlieBarroga
standingSeniorResearcher.
JamiasandDirectorBo.(ALLan can)

The College of Agriculture Monthly Newsletter
is published through the Office of the Dean,
College of Agriculture, UPLB, College, Laguna
Advisers: Dean Enrico P. Supangco
Associate Dean Tonette P. Laude
Editor: Apolinario L. Lantican
Contributors: Erlinda A. Balot, Lorina M. Castillo, Ruby
G. dela Cruz, Imelda M. Gesmundo, Laureano B.
Lanosia, Jr. and Apolinario L. Lantican
Layout Artist: Apolinario L. Lantican
Ontheotherhand,theNeliaT.GonzalesAward
isgiventoVirginiaV.DeMesaasCAsOutstanding
Administra vePersonnelintheocepersonnelcat
egory while Julian Antonio M. Eusebio is the Out
standingAdministra vePersonnelinthebluecollar
category.
Theawardeeswillbeformallyrecognizedduring
thecelebra onoftheUPLBandCAFounda onDay
onMarch6.(RGdelaCruz)
 CA Monthly Newsletter
PMCP to celebrate
47th anniversary;
CPC faculty/researchers
expected to attend
T he Pest Management Council of the
Philippines (PMCP), Inc. will celebrate
its 47th Anniversary and Annual Scien fic Con
ferencewiththetheme,SustainablePestMan
agementofTodayandTomorrowfromMarch
811, 2016 at Villa Caceres, Naga City, Cama
rinesSur.
ThePMCP,Inc.iscomposedofthreescien
fic socie es; Philippine Associa on of Ento
mologists,PhilippinePhytopathologicalSociety,
Inc. and Weed Science Society of the Philip
pines,Inc.andthreeassocia ons;CropLifePhil
ippines,Inc.,CropProtec onAssocia onofthe
Philippines(CPAP),Inc.andPestControlAssoci
a on of the Philippines (PCAP), Inc. The three
socie es are engaged in research, training and
extension on pest management. CropLife and
CPAP are involved in discovery, development,
importa on, formula on and distribu on of
crop protec on chemicals, while PCAP is en
gagedinurbanpestmanagement.
PMCPocialsincludeProf.JohnnyBalidion,
Dr.GilL.MagsinoandCris naBajetofNa onal
CropProtec onClusterCPC,amongothers.As
atradi on,severalfacultyandresearchersfrom
the Crop Protec on Cluster (CPC) are expected
topar cipateinthesaidac vity.(RubyG.dela
Cruz)
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FOREIGN TRAVELS*
Dr. Chris an Joseph R. Cumagun,professor,Lei
la Mery AybanandCatherine Arradaza,gradu
atestudents,CropProtec onCluster(CPC);pre
sentedapaper tled,Organicdiseasemanage
ment of Botry s cirenea, the causal agent of
graymolddiseaseofstrawberryattheInterna
onal Deutscher Akademischer Austausch
DienstAlumni Seminar and BioFach 2016 in
Goe ngenandNuremberg,Germany;February
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Dr. Teresita U. Dalisay, director and associate
professor, CPC; a ended a mee ng with plant
pathologist of Tamasek Life Science, Na onal
UniversityofSingaporeandpresentedCPCson
goingresearchestostaofProcterandGamble,
Inc.inSingapore;February410
Dr. Artemio M. Salazar, research professor,
Crop Science Cluster (CSC); a ended the
mee ng of the Interna onal Maize Gene c Re
sources Advisory Commi ee in Texcoco, Mexi
co;February1224
Dr. Enrico P. Supangco and Dr. Tone e P.
Laude, dean and associate dean, respec vely,
College of Agriculture; strengthened the part
nership and collabora on between UPLB and
Kobe University for student exchange program
inJapan;February710
Dr. Simplicio M. Medina, associate professor
and director, Agricultural Systems Cluster and
Oce of Ins tu onal Linkages, respec vely;
a endedthesigningandrenewalofMemoran
dum of Agreement between UPLB and Maejo
University and met with UPLB alumni in Thai
land;February912
Dr. Chris an Joseph R. Cumagun, professor,
CPC; a ended the 6th Interna onal Conference
on Plant, Pathogens and People with Mission
Challenges in Plant Pathology to Benefit Man
kindattheNa onalAgriculturalScienceCentre
ComplexinNewDelhi,India;February2328
Dr. Pompe C. Sta. Cruz,professor,CSC;par ci
patedinastudyvisittoBteggplantfarmwhich
aims to showcase the success of Bt eggplant
adop oninBangladesh;February2426
*PreparedbyIMGesmundoandErlindaA.Balot