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Archives (2004)

Vol. 6 No. 1  January-March 2004
» Silica gel from rice hull? » Harvest more rice with ratooning » Agro-industrial waste enriches soil for corn » Feed pea: Excellent protein source for juvenile shrimps » Abalone: Hungry and ready to get large » Saving the blue tang » Helping the mangrove clam spawn » Greenwater technology: A new shrimp culture technique » Extraordinary pregnancy » Red seaweed cleans up your tanks » Starting a mud crab hatchery » Bountiful blooms from growth-enhancing fungi » Disease-free potatoes? » A million and one ways of planting ube » Madre de cacao and ipil-ipil: Cheap feast for hungry sheep » Is your tuna safe? » Getting a head start in the battle against soil erosion » News Bits
Vol. 6 No. 2  April-June 2004
» PALAYAMANAN Project: A model for farmer empowerment » The potentials of seaweeds » Conserving Lingayen Gulf resources » The bright potential of the sea cucumber » Growing vegetables organically » Solving soil acidity » Bringing out the best in Bontoc pepper » Mango pulp weevil: A 'he' or a 'she'? » The Asian corn borer's deadly enemy » Sex pheromone minimizes pesticide use » The battle against chrysanthemum white rust » Pili: An extraordinary nut » Know more about honeybees » Where honeybees grow best » Future agriculture: The integration of GIS and CPAR » News Bits
Vol. 6 No. 3  July-September 2004
	Blue-green INK    Feedbacks and technologies .................................................................2 Raising abalones ....................................................................................3 A lake's crisis threatens livelihoods ..........................................................4 Saving the kapis ....................................................................................6 Luminous bacteria: Bane to shrimp farming ..............................................8 Trichoderma: An all-around fungi for organic farming ................................9 Botanicals: Potent against whiteflies .......................................................11 All about silkworms    1) Mulberry red rust: Silk's arch enemy ...............................................12    2) Catching silkworm's invisible enemy with ELISA ................................14 Growing virus-free garlic .......................................................................15 Fungi:Solution to Manila's plastic woes ....................................................16 Drying mangoes through osmosis ...........................................................17 Specific solutions for acidic ....................................................................19 Restoring abaca's health ........................................................................21 Getting to know the kambing .................................................................22 Newsbits ..............................................................................................24
Vol. 6 No. 4  October-December 2004
	Blue-green INK    A time to be reaping ............................................................................2 Natural farming system: The living agriculture ...........................................3 Hot shoots: What happens when air drying bamboo shoots .........................4 Distillery effluent fertilizer for sugarcane ...................................................5 Hydroponics finds its way into backyards ..................................................6 Fatter and greener lettuce with Nitroplus ...................................................7 GIS identifies Aklan's soil erosion hotspots ................................................8 Longer shelf life for carabao mangoes ......................................................9 Durian: Undisputed king of tropical fruits .................................................10 Nothing bitter about kalamansi juice ........................................................11 Vaccine to cure Newcastle disease in    native chicken locally produced ............................................................12 Are Technologies getting communicated? .................................................13 The best feed meal for genetically male tilapia .........................................14 The blooming chrysanthemum industry    in the Queen City of the South .............................................................15 Going bananas: The attack of the fungal enemies .....................................16 Newsbits ...............................................................................................22