Archive for November, 2011
« Previous EntriesHow Bacteria Can Break Down Hazardous Environmental Pollutants
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011Researchers now understand how bacteria can break down phosphonic acids, persistent and potentially hazardous environmental pollutants found in many common medicinal products, detergents and herbicides. “We’ve achieved a critical step that has evaded other research groups for nearly 50 years,” says David Zechel, a professor in the Department of Chemistry and an expert in enzyme [...]
Coffee for Endometrial Cancer
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011Long-term coffee consumption may be associated with a reduced risk for endometrial cancer, according to a recent study in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Edward Giovannucci, M.D., Sc.D., professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, said coffee is emerging as a [...]
Papaya Production Guide
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011Papaya is a luscious fruit that has been taken for granted. The total crop area in the Philippines planted to papaya amounts to only 8,720 hectares or 0.1 percent of our agricultural land. Yet no one can deny its tastiness as a dessert or as an indispensable vegetables dish of various recipes. Papaya fruits [...]
Young Corn Production Guide
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011Young cob corn (Zea mays L.), the newly developed corn, has been used by Chinese as vegetable for generations and this practice has spread to other Asian countries. It is used as ingredient in most food preparations. It has nutritive value similar to that of non-legume vegetable such as cauliflower, tomato, cucumber and cabbage (Yodpetch [...]
Cloves Processing
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011Agricultural and botanical aspects The clove tree is a small evergreen tree that grows to a height of 20m. The young leaves are bright pink and change to a greenish yellow and harden. The flowers develop in clusters of three to ten groups (of three flowers). Harvesting When the calyx (outer green leaves) of [...]
Traditional Cheesemaking
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011Bacteria Bacteria are microscopic one-cell organisms. Each cell is surrounded by a wall which characterizes the shape of the bacterium. Bacterial shape is an important aid to classification which may be done under the microscope. The cell may be spherical (coccus) or rod-shaped (bacillus) and of varying lengths and diameter. Bacteria multiply by the simple [...]
Medicinal Plant: Kamatsile
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth. SWEET TAMARIND Niu ti dou Scientific names Common names Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth. Camachile (Pamp.) Inga camatchili Perr. Chamultis (Ig.) Inga dulcis Willd. Damortis (Ilk.) Inga lanceolata Blanco Damulkis (Bon.) Mimosa dulcis Roxb. Kamachili (Tag., Bik.) Mimosa unguis-cuti Blanco Kamachilis (Tag.) Acacia dulcis Roxb. Kamanchilis (P. Bis., Mag.) Kamansile (Tag.) [...]
Medicinal Plant: Gabi
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011Colocasia esculenta Linn. TARO Other scientific names Common Names Arum esculentum Linn. Aba (ilk.) Arum colocasia Linn. Aua (ilk.) Colocasiua esculentum Linn. Abalong (Bis.) Colocasia antiquorum Schott Amoang (Bon.) Calla gaby Blanco Gabi (Tag.) Caladium esculentum Vent. Pising (Bon.) Coladium colocasia W. F. Wight. Dagmai (Bis.) Coladium violaceum Desf. Kimpoi (Bis.) Lagbai (Tag.) Abalong (Bis., [...]
Risk-averse poultry producers could lose opportunities
Monday, November 28th, 2011LOS BAÑOS, LAGUNA – Fears among local farmers have affected the overall performance of the poultry industry in the Philippines, according to a study. This lack of risk-taking by poultry farmers could actually worsen the situation, according to the study released by the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA). [...]
How to improve the economy’s ‘seven big winners’
Monday, November 28th, 2011MAKATI CITY, METRO MANILA – Several foreign chambers of commerce have identified seven “high-growth” industries and made recommendations how the goverment and private companies can work together to develop each sector. The Joint Foreign Chambers of the Philippines recommendation is part of the group’s 2009 plans to identify seven domestic sectors where the Philippine government [...]
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