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Thursday, March 8th, 2012Pummelo (Citrus maxima), Suha or Lukban is one of the most popular specie of the Citrus family. It has a long shelf life that it can be transported to distant markets. The pummelo tree grows from 5-15 meters in height and has low spreading branches with a canopy size ranging from 500-900 centimeters. Its leaves [...]
Guide to Planting Hybrid Corn Species
Thursday, March 8th, 2012Sweet Grande Features: Best quality ears Contains premium sweetness gene High yielding hybrid with wide market potential Vigorous with strong disease tolerance Benefits: Grande sa laki ang bunga, matamis, makatas, malutong at hindi nagsasapal Mas marami and Class A – malaki at mahahaba and puso (18-18 kernel rows) puno ng matimyas na butil hanggang dulo. [...]
Some Questions Regarding Carabao Mango Growing in the Philippines
Thursday, March 8th, 2012Which microclimate in Mindanao is suited for mango production? Mindanao is ideal for mango production primarily because many areas there are spared from typhoons, which is the single most important constraint in year-round mango production. The Mindanao area can be classified as the best producing area in the country in terms of yield but in [...]
How To Get Rid Of Black Spot Roses
Friday, March 2nd, 2012A common rose disease is known as Black Spot (also known as: Diplocarpon rosae). The name is very appropriate as this fungal disease forms black spots all over the foliage of rose bushes. If left unchecked it can cause a rose bush to totally defoliate. Let’s look at how to get rid of black spot [...]
Abaca Techno Guide
Friday, March 2nd, 2012Introduction Abaca (Musa textiles Nee) or Manila hemp, as it is known in international trade, is endemic in the Philippines. About 84% of the world’s supply of abaca comes from the Philippines. Most of these come from the abaca-growing regions like Bicol, Visayas, and Mindanao. Abaca has been grown in the Philippines for centuries and [...]
Special Care For A Special Coffee
Thursday, March 1st, 2012One early cool June morning in Barangay Kahayagan, Tagbina, Surigao del Sur, around 30 coffee farmers and their families are already up with gusto. Red and yellow coffee cherries hung from coffee trees in clusters, already ripe for the picking. It’s coffee harvest time in the Caraga region of northeastern Mindanao—farmer Julio Budlayan and his [...]
Useful Organisms – 1
Thursday, March 1st, 20121. MIRID Tagalog name: berdeng atangya Identifying marks: Adults are green with long folded wings and long antennae. Nymphs are also green, with long antennae, but with short wings. They have black spot on their back. They are usually seen at the base part of rice tillers where planthoppers and leafhoppers are also located. Their [...]
How to Use Metarhizium to Control Rice Black Bugs
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012Metarhizium anisopliae is a green muscardine fungus that attacks rice black bugs (RBB). It is a microbial control agent that is environment-friendly and easy to mass produce using locally available substrates. It is safe to humans and animals and is effective against the RBB. It is easy to apply and is compatible with other pest management [...]
Growing Durian and Pummelo Organically
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012Seeing customers draw his durian close to their nose to check if these are ripe, Greg Tan was afraid that they might get cancer from the residues of synthetic pesticides he applied two days before harvest. Feeling guilty, Greg then realized that selling shouldn’t be the sole objective of farmers like him for they have [...]
How to Manage Stem Borers
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012Stem borers are difficult to control with insecticides because the larvae and pupae are inside the stem and they have overlapping populations in the field. Proper timing of insecticide application is critical to stem borer control. 1. Know the population peak of yellow stem borer in your place and avoid planting when stem borer population [...]
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