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June 1-30, 2016 Official Publication of the UPLB College of Agriculture Volume 5 No. 6
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P.Supangco,feteditsgraduatesduringadinner
heUPBoardofRegents(BOR)appointedve recep onheldlastJune24attheAgro-Soils-Hor building
facultymembersoftheCollegeofAgriculture lobby,UPLB.
(CA)asUPScien stsduringitsrecentmee ng.
Otherhonorgraduateswere:
Scien st III. Meanwhile, Dr. Teodoro C. Mendoza of
CSC and Dr. Renato SA. Vega of the Animal and Dairy DeansMedalofExcellence
SciencesClusterwerepromotedtoScien stII. BS Agriculture (cum laude)
C
es were provided by Dr. Chamnian Yosraj (president of
A Associate Dean Tone e P. Laude is one of Maejo University, Chiangmai, Thailand) who served as
the Outstanding Young Scien sts for 2016, as guest speaker, Chancellor Fernando C. Sanchez, Jr., and
citedbytheNa onalAcademyofScienceandTechnol- Dr.ElpidioM.Agbisit,Jr.,directoroftheAnimalandDairy
ogy(NAST). Sciences Cluster and president of CA Alumni Associa on.
Dr. Laude, also a professor from the Crop Science Likewise, Rebuso gave his response message in behalf of
Cluster, has conducted numerous researches in plant thestudents.(Apolinario L. Lan can)
breeding and authored scien c papers for local and
foreignjournals.
The award, which is given to young Filipino scien- Weeds function as an unseen
sts for signicant contribu ons in science and tech-
nology,willbeconferredtoheronJuly14attheCen- tax on the crop harvest.
tennial Hall, Manila Hotel. (Excerpted from EarlM.Hildebrand
ca.uplb.edu.ph)
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In his opening remarks, Dean Supangco urged the graduates to be ty, Thailand, are a ending a one and a
passionate and entrepreneurial as there is a bright future for them in half month internship at the CAs Crop
agriculturalbusiness.Headvisedthemtoactsoonas meisindeedlim- ScienceCluster(CSC).
C
tory,TissueCultureFacility,Postharvest
hancellor Fernando C. Sanchez, Jr., during the same ac vity,
Training and Research Center, Edible
challengedthegraduatestoupholdUPsstandardofexcellence
Landscaping, and Roo op and Ver cal
inwhateverprofessionalcareertheytake.
Garden.
In his welcome message, Chancellor Sanchez said that they now
Sinceeachinternhasherowncom-
modity interest, one of them will con-
relates experience to graduates duct a mini -research on rice and corn
D
breeding while the other one will do a
r.ChamnianYosraj(presidentofMaejoUniversity,Changmai, mini-research on postharvest tech-
Thailandandguestspeakerduringthedinnerrecep on)gave niques on fruits, specically mango and
somewordsofwisdomtothegraduates. papaya.
Rela nghisexperienceasstudent,Dr.Yosrajurgedthegraduatesto
controlandmo vatethemselves,dowhatisright,ghthard,workhard, Theinternswillpresenttheiraccom-
ndsolu onstoproblems,keepanopenmind,donotwaste me,keep plishmentsataclosingceremonyonJuly
learning, adapt to situa ons, take risks for be er life and make a big 28 at the CA Deans Oce Conference
dierencetosociety. Roominthepresenceofthedean,the
associate dean, CSC heads and a repre-
Dr. Yosraj opined that earning a degree is just the beginning of a senta vefromOIL.(IM Gesmundo, with
life meprocess.Thus,youshouldneverstoplearningandprac cing, informa on from Maria Emblem O.
hesaid.Setyourgoalsandfollowthem,heconcluded.(AL Lan can)
Grulla)
CA Monthly Newsletter Page 3
Titled, Writeshop to Produce Ready to tural Development Philippines, presented about Strategic In-
PublishScien cPapersfromResearchofMS clusion of Youth in Na onal, Regional, and Global Agricultural
andPhDAdviseesofCAFaculty,thetwo-day Systems last April 20. Meanwhile, Dr. Daniel Garcia, a French
training was aimed to increase CAs research sustainableagricultureadvocate,talkedaboutMakingNature
produc vity. Hopefully, this years target of WorkforYou:LaborSavingTechniquesinOrganicAgriculture"
0.2 peer-reviewed journal ar cle per PhD for lastJune7.
everyfacultyeachsemesterwillbeachieved.
The upcoming topics of the seminar will also feature the
Thisini a veofthecollege,withthesupport
professor emeri and other re red experts of the College of
oftheuniversity,isalsogearedtowardsmain-
Agriculture. Through the seminar, they will share the wisdom
tainingUPLBsstatusasthepremieruniversity
obtained from their years of prac ce in their respec ve elds.
for agriculture in the country. Likewise, dis-
Thiswillenabletheyoungergenera onstodirectlylearnfrom
semina onofCAsresearchoutputstoawid-
themasidefromtheirpublishedworks.
er regional and global audience will also
a ractmoreresearchcollaboratorsfromoth- Knowledge seekers may check out the seminar schedules
eruniversi esandresearchcenters. and announcements at the ocial Facebook Page of ASC:
T
seedproduc onattheIns tuteofPlantBreeding-CropScience
heASCUpdates,theocialnews- Cluster (IPB-CSC) from May 16 to June 10, four more batches
le er of the Agricultural Systems cameinthisJune.
Cluster (ASC), returned in the circula on last
May2016a eritslastissuefouryearsago. Two BS Agronomy and Hor culture students from Ubon
Ratchathani University, Thailand are having a mini-research in
Readers can expect that the newsle er rice breeding and fruit postharvest techniques from June 7 to
shallcon nuewithitsmissiontodisseminate July 30; seven senior high school students from Philippine Sci-
the latest breakthroughs of ASCs programs enceHighSchool(PSHS)QuezonCityCampusandvestudents
and projects. Further, the newsle er is also fromPSHSClark,PampangaCampusaredoingplant ssuecul-
aimedatrecognizingtheachievementsofthe tureworksfromJune16toJuly1,andfromJune20toJuly29,
clustersstaandstudents. respec vely. On the other hand, four BS Agricultural Biotech-
nology students of UPLB who are Department of Science and
Thenewsle erwillbereleasedeverytwo Technology (DOST) scholars are having a Summer Prac cal
months. As it has limited printed copies, the Training Program on molecular techniques in plant pathology
readers may access the publica on through fromJune20toJuly29.
the ocial website of ASC: h p://
quan ca onofpostharvestlosses,pilotdemonstra on
Dr.JoseNestorM.Garcia, university researcher,
ofpostharvestimprovementsandtrainingofstakehold-
AgriculturalSystemsCluster;par cipatedinthe
ersinthesupplychainofmangoaspartoftheFoodand
Regional Mee ng on the Improvement and De-
Agriculture Organiza on (FAO)s Project tled
velopmentofEmissionFactorforN2OfromAg-
Reduc on of Postharvest Losses in Hor cultural Chain
ricultural Soil Management in Patancheru, Hy-
in South Asian Associa on for Regional Coopera on in
derabad,Telangana,India;June13-18
Bangladesh;June1-5
Na onalUniversityofSingapore;June28to
Rizalina L.Tiongco,laboratorytechnician,CSC;present-
July3
edapaper tled,FieldSymptomVariabilityandPatho-
genecityTes ngofSugarcaneLeafScaldCausedbyXan
thomonas albilineansatthe8thI-KUSTAR2016Sympo- *Prepared by Imelda M. Gesmundo and Erlinda A.
sium Balot