MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
December 1-31, 2014 Official Publication of the UPLB College of Agriculture
CA faculty named
UP Scientists for 2014
F ive faculty members of the College of Agri
culture(CA)wereconferredtheUPScien st
tleinaceremonyheldlastDecemberattheUPEx A endedthemee ngwiththenewUPLBFI
ecu veHouse,Diliman,QuezonCity.
NamedasUPScien stIIisDr.VirginiaR.Ocam
po, professor 12 from the Crop Protec on Cluster
(CPC). Awarded as U.P. Scien st I are Dr. Orville L.
Bondoc,professor12fromtheAnimalandDairySci
encesCluster;Dr.BarbaraL.Caoili,associateprofes
sorIfromCPC;andDr.PablitoM.Magdalita,associ
ateprofessorIIfromtheCropScienceCluster.Pro
moted to UP Scien st III is Dr. Chris an Joseph R.
Cumagun,professor9fromCPC.
TheU.P.Scien ficProduc vitySystemisanin
cen ve package that was implemented by the UP
Systema eritsapprovalbytheBoardofRegentsat
the 1199th mee ng in August 2005. It is aimed at ServedastechnicalexpertintheInterna onal
suppor ng science and technology development,
andrewardingscien ficproduc vity.Facultymem
bers and researchers are conferred the tle based
ontheirproduc vityinpublishingtheirworkinref
ereedscien ficjournalsrecognizedbyinterna onal BureauofAgricultureandFisheriesOrganicAgri
accredita on agencies. A monetary incen ve for
three years is given to the awardees. (Imelda M.
Gesmundo, with informa on from
www.uplb.edu.ph)
DEANS ACTIVITIES*
A endedamee ngwithNomuraResearchIns
tuteAsiaPacificPte.Ltd.;Manila,Dec.5;CA
DOConferenceRoom
activated. updated.
Volume 3 No. 12
Par cipatedintheseminarofSenatorCynthiaA.
Villar;Dec.10;SoutheastAsianRegionalCenter
forGraduateStudiesandResearchinAgriculture
Auditorium
A endedthegeneralmee ngoftheUPLB
Founda onIncorporated(FI);Dec.15;UPLBFI
BoardofDirectors,Dec.16;UPLBFI
CLUSTER NEWS*
Animal and Dairy Sciences
RegionalConferenceandTrainingCourseonRisk
AssessmentofGene callyModified(GM)Crops;
UPDiliman,QuezonCity,December13;Dr.Or
villeL.Bondocaspar cipant
WorkshopandYearendRepor ng;Tagbilaran
City,Bohol,December35;Dr.AgapitaJ.Salces
asconsultant
StandardOrganiza on(ISO)Cer fica onofPhil
ippineCarabaoCenterUbayStockFarm;Ubay,
Bohol,December46;Dr.JoseArceoN.Bau sta
asconsultant
cultureValida onReviewandPlanningMee ng;
BureauofAgricultureandFisheriesProduct
Standards,Diliman,QuezonCity,December5;
Dr.MafeoB.Bejoasmember
Mee ngatUnivetNutri onandAnimalHealth
Company;MetroManila,December8;Dr.Ma
riaCynthiaR.Oliverosaspar cipant
Na onalDairyAuthorityBoardofDirectors
Mee ng;Diliman,QuezonCity,December9;Dr.
ElpidioM.Agbisit,Jr.asboardmember
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BidsandAwardsCommi eeResearchCom (NRCP)ProjectEvalua on;NRCPBayLeaf,Intra

mi eeMee ng;ADSC,UPLB,December5;Dr. muros,Manila,December8;Dr.JessamynR.
ElpidioM.Agbisit,Jr.asmember Adoradaasevaluator

Na onalDairyAuthorityBoardofDirectors
Mee ng;Diliman,QuezonCity,December9;Dr.
ElpidioM.Agbisit,Jr.asboardmember
Agricultural Systems
Crop Science
Mee ngwithPhilippineSeedIndustryAssocia
onocials;Intramuros,Manila,December2;
Dr.CalixtoM.Protacioaspar
cipant

ForumonOrganicvs.GMRice;CollegeofMass 2014ClimateChangeResearch&Development
Communica onAuditorium,UPDiliman,Quezon ReviewandPlanningWorkshop;TagaytayCity,
City,December4;MyrnaA.TenorioandDr. December25;Dr.EdralinaP.Serranoaspar ci
EdnaLuisaA.Ma enzoaspar cipants pant

UPOpenUniversity(OU)ClosingProgramforits PresentedpaperatNa onalAgritourismConfer

24thBatchofPersonalEntrepreneurialDevelop ence;HeritageHotel,Manila,December3;Dr.
ment;TwodayexhibitofASCproducts,services AmihanL.Arquiza
anddevelopedtechnologies;UPOU,LosBanos,
Laguna,December67;MyrnaA.Tenorio,Sime Na onalConsulta onWorkshoponGene cRe
onaC.SeminianoandDr.HospicioG.Natural,Jr. sourcesforWealthCrea on;TaalVistaHotel,
asexhibitors TagaytayCity,December35;TeresitaH.Borro
meoandDr.CalixtoM.ProtacioasUPLBRepre
Integra ngUnderu lizedPlantsandTreeSpecies senta ves,presentorsandpar cipants
inAgriculturalSystems:AForumonthePoten
alsofNeglectedandUnderu lizedCrops;ASC Consulta onontheprojecton ssuecultureof
LectureHall,December9;Dr.AmparoM. variouscrops;LaUnion,December56;Dr.Rene
Wagan,LeonardoL.Tamisin,Jr.,CatherineC. RafaelC.Espino

Perez,MelbagasteS.Paelmo,LeonisaO.Natural
Presentedposterpaperatthe41stPhilippineSo
andCatalinaL.Tamisinasorganizers
cietyforBiochemistryandMolecularBiologyAn
BiotechnologyinOrganicAgricultureandExit nualConven on;MarcoPoloHotel,CebuCity,
SeminarbyDr.KevinMurphy(Fullbrightspecial December38,Dr.EurekaTeresaM.Ocampo
istandprofessor,WashingtonStateUniversity);
ASCGalvezHall,December17;MyrnaA.Tenorio Convenedwithfarmersregardingtradi onalva
andDr.EdnaLuisaA.Ma enzoasorganizers rie esofriceandcorn;Lopez,QuezonProvince,
December8;TeresitaH.Borromeo
Crop Protection
TrainingprogramforDAPangasinanResearch
RegionalConferenceonRiskAssessmentofGM andExperimentCenteronTechnicalWri ng;
CropsandSeminaronNewBreedingTechniques; Bolinao,Pangasinan,December813;Dr.Ofelia
Ins tuteofBiologyAuditorium,Na onalScience K.Bau staasresourceperson
Complex,UPDiliman,QuezonCity,December1
4;Dr.JessamynR.Adoradaasmemberofscien MangoHarvestFes valinClusterFarmsofRe
ficandtechnicalreviewpanel gionXII;Tantangan,SouthCotabato,December
911;JohnrellS.ZuniegaandJingleN.Amoloza
WorkshoponClimateChange;Departmentof aspar cipants
Agriculture(DA)BureauofAgriculturalResearch
(BAR),QuezonCity,December25;Dr.LuisRey MangoFes valatSultanKudaratStateUniversi
I.Velascoaspar cipant ty;SultanKudarat,December911;Emmanuel
Q.Amatorioaspar cipant
Na onalResearchCouncilofthePhilippines

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Annualmee ngforAbacaProjectwithFiber Dr.PompeC.Sta.Cruz,professor,CropScience

IndustriesDevelopmentAuthority(FIDA);Phil
ippineFIDACentralOce,QuezonAvenue,
QuezonCity,December12;Dr.EvalourT.As
puria,MariaAngieD.TayangonaandGloriaR.
DeLeusaspar cipants
Cluster(CSC);togetherwithUPLBTeam,visit
edvariousUSBiospherefacili esinrela onto
thefinetuningoftheproposalforDeveloping
aBiosphereFacilitythatisappropriateforPhil
ippine se ng and countrys needs; USA; De

cember313
Conferredwithlocalgovernmentunitocials

andconductedocularinspec onregarding Dr. Lavernee S. Gueco, university researcher,

Collabora veResearch,DevelopmentandEx
tensionServicesProject;NagaCityandPamplo
na,CamarinesSur,December1416;DaniloJ.
LalicanandSanchoG.Bonasstudyleaders
Workshoptrainingonorganicagriculturein
rela ontoproject;DANorthernMindanao
IntegratedAgriculturalResearchCenter,
Malaybalay,Bukidnon,December1519;Maria
Fa maO.Mercado,Dr.LucilleElnaP.DeGuz
man,AnnalissaL.AquinoandAngelicaL.Pon
tesorasorganizers
Conductedconserva onfieldcontrol;Quirino
Province,December1621;NestorC.Altoveros
andTeresitaH.Borromeo
FOREIGN TRAVEL**
Dr.JoseNestorM.Garcia,universityresearch
er,AgriculturalSystemsCluster;par cipatedin
th
the5 ProjectPartnerMee ngoftheASEAN
SustainableAgriFoodSystems(ASEANBiocon DeanDomingoE.Angeles,professor,CSC;met
trol)andrelatedmee ngs;NayPyiTaw,Myan
mar;December15
CSC; a ended the second workshop on Musa
Germplasm Iden fica on Towards Op mizing
Use;Tamil,Nadu,India;December314
DeanDomingoE.Angeles,professor,CSC;par
cipated in the 20th Asian Associa on of Agri
cultural Colleges and Universi es General As
semblyandBiennialConference;KasetsartUni
versity, Kamphaengsan Campus, Thailand; De
cember711
Nestor C. Altoveros, associate professor, CSC;
a endedthe2ndMee ngoftheAdHocOpen
endedWorkingGrouptoenhancetheMul lat
eral System of Access and Benefit Sharing of
the Interna onal Treaty on Plant Gene c Re
sourcesforFoodandAgriculture;Geneva,Swit
zerland,December712
Dr. Desiree M. Hautea, research professor,
CSC; met with the Agricultural Biotechnology
SupportProjectIIIndonesiaTeam;Bogor,In
donesia;December1619
withTokyoUniversityofAgriculturalTechnolo
gy (TUAT) ocials regarding the finaliza on of

MarioV.Navasero,universityresearcher,Crop the Memorandum of Understanding and en

Protec onCluster(CPC);par cipatedinthe5th gaged in discussion for future exchange ac vi
ProjectPartnerMee ngoftheASEANSustaina es;TUAT,Tokyo,Japan;December1720
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bleAgriFoodSystems(ASEANBiocontrol),the *Compiled by Lorina M. Castillo and Venecia B. Batain
6thMee ngoftheASEANBCAExpertGroups **Compiled by Imelda M. Gesmundo and Erlinda A.
onApplica onandRegula onandthe1st Balot
Mee ngoftheASEANSoilandNutrientMan
agementExpertGroup;NayPyiTaw,Myanmar; The CA Monthly Newsletter
December14 is published through the Office of the Dean,

College of Agriculture, UPLB, College, Laguna

Dr. Celia dR. Medina, director and assistant
professor, CPC; par cipated in benchmarking
mission on Biosphere to University of Arizona
and three other controlled environment re
searchfacili esintheUnitedStatesofAmerica
(USA);December310
Advisers: Dean Domingo E. Angeles
Associate Dean Christian Joseph R. Cumagun
Editor: Apolinario L. Lantican
Contributors: Erlinda A. Balot, Venecia B. Batain, Lorina
M. Castillo and Imelda M. Gesmundo
Sources of Information: ADSC, ASC, CPC, CSC and FSC
Layout Artist: Venecia B. Batain