My report in cropsci last semester....

Bagging:  covering the fruit with plastic or bag to avoid direct contact of insect

 Trapping: Insect traps are used to monitor or directly reduce insect populations. They typically use food, visual lures, chemical attractants and pheromones as bait and are installed so that they do not injure other animals or humans or result in residues in foods or feeds. Visual lures use light, bright colors and shapes to attract pests.

Handpicking: Is an excellent method of controlling pests especially when only a few plants are infested. It is the easiest and direct way to kill the visible and slowly moving pests. By handpicking the adults before they have the chance to lay their eggs and by crashing the eggs before they hatch prevent the pests' build-up and the resulting damage.

Insect light trap: Is one of the very effective tools of insect pest management in organic agriculture as it mass-traps both the sexes of insect pests and also substantially reduces the carryover pest population.

Mulching: Is one of the simplest and most beneficial practices you can use in the garden. Mulch is simply a protective layer of a material that is spread on top of the soil. Mulches can either be organic -- such as grass clippings, straw, bark chips, and similar materials -- or inorganic -- such as stones, brick chips, and plastic. Both organic and inorganic mulches have numerous benefits.

Pruning is a horticultural and silvicultural practice involving the selective removal of parts of a plant, such as branches, buds, or roots. Reasons to prune plants include deadwood removal, shaping (by controlling or directing growth), improving or maintaining health, reducing risk from falling branches, preparing nursery specimens for transplanting, and both harvesting and increasing the yield or quality of flowers and fruits.

Baiting for pathogens
Baiting involves taking a sample of soil and placing a potential pathogen food source within it (e.g. a carrot).  The food source is then removed, and pathogen isolation attempted from it

Sticky board traps

Flying insects are attracted to bright yellow, blue, and white colors. Traps, consisting of square pieces of cardboard or hard plastic coated with sticky substances placed throughout the growing area among the plants, attract them. Strips of yellow or blue sticky plastic can also be used around or inside the growing ranges.

How to Plant Bitter Gourd

Overview

Bitter gourd, also known as bitter melon, is a fast-growing fruiting vine that grows well in hot, humid climates with daytime temperatures of 75 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit. The bitter gourd plant gets its name from the bitter-tasting fruit it produces. Bitter gourd is a popular vegetable in Asia where it is claimed to have medicinal qualities for diabetes and digestive disorders. Sow bitter gourd seeds in a soil amended with organic matter once the soil reaches a temperature of 60 to 65 degrees Fahrenheit.

Step 1

Choose a planting location for the bitter gourd that has a well draining soil and full sun light conditions.

Step 2

Test the soil with a home soil pH test kit. Bitter gourd prefers a soil that is acidic with a pH range of 5.5 to 6.7. Add ground rock sulfur to the soil to lower the pH number and make it more acidic. Let the soil rest for two weeks.

Step 3

Prepare the planting area prior to planting by tilling compost into the soil.

Step 4

Soak the seeds in water for 24 hours prior to planting. Sow two to three seeds together at a depth of 1/2-inch deep. Water the planting area immediately after sowing. Bitter gourd seeds will germinate in two to three days.

Step 5

Water the plants regularly during the growing season to keep the soil moist.

Step 6

Provide a vegetable trellis for the plant once the vines begin to grow. This will provide air circulation for the plant and prevent the gourds from becoming flat. Train the vine by assisting it to grow in a upward direction on the trellis.

Step 7

Manually pollinate the plants if insects are not available in the area. Flowers will appear on the plant five to six weeks after planting. Touch the male flowers to the female flowers to transfer pollen. A successful pollination will result in large portion of the flower growing into a fruit.

Step 8

Prune to remove vine tips and cut lateral branches to the 10th node when the female flowers develop and the vine reaches the top of the trellis. This will increase fruit growth and encourage vine branching.

Step 9

Fertilize the plants with a high-nitrogen fertilizer once fruit is present on the vines. Water the soil immediately after application to promote fertilizer absorption.

Step 10

Harvest mature gourds once they turn light green with white flesh. Bitter gourd fruit is ready for harvest approximately three months after planting. The gourds will turn bitterer the longer they remain on the vine

temple grandin s.w.o.t. analysis part 3...

Opportunities

            (With her design, the animals given the opportunities to have the respect they deserve)

            Because of her ideas and studies Temple grandin opens opportunities to investors and slaughter house owner’s to gain more profit. Somehow it open the door or idea that there more in studying the behaviour of animals.

            She can create a team that will construct the said slaughter house, she can give employment and hire an engineer, welder and skilled person to be part of the team, in that way she can help other people, and she can help animals and herself as well.

          

Threat

            The design made by temple grandin for slaughtering house needs only a few workers. Half of the industry in usa adapt the design of gradin’s slaughtering house, meaning the demand for man power now is on threat.

            She also been a threat to the previous planner and designer of the slaughter house because of her new design which is moiré profitable and the same time promote the welfare of the animals prior to slaughtering. The investor will no longer need the service of the previous planner and designer

temple grandin s.w.o.t. analysis part 1...

Introduction

A young, autistic woman sees the world like no other, taking snapshots of the world in her mind, and recalling them without thought. She substitutes human contact for a life of caring for animals, developing humane methods of taking care of livestock destined for the slaughterhouse. Her peculiar communication skills and intelligence shed new light on pre-conceived norms of autism. Misunderstood her entire life, by her peers, her parents, and her teachers, she manages to teach them all new lessons in life. She excels at all levels of school, and eventually becomes a college valedictorian, and even manages to earn her doctorate. Her 'squeeze' machine, hugs her giving her comfort and the love that she is incapable of receiving from human contact. Despite challenges from everyone she meets, she overcomes their fear and loathing of her, and wins them over, throughout her difficult life. She goes on to change an industry - fighting the man's world of the cattle industry as she creates new and humane ways for dealing with cattle, treating them with respect and even saving the cattle industry money.

temple grandin s.w.o.t. analysis part 2...

Strength

            Temple Grandin an autistic woman who has become one of the top scientists in the humane livestock handling industry. Being autistic with such outstanding achievement, it encourage me in many ways, time will come I will have my phd as well as her.

            With relation to agsc 6, her idea of having an appropriate design and facilities in slaughtering helps a lot to the industry, reducing the stress of the animals before slaughtering provide us the quality meat. It also lessens the percentage of loss due to drowning or mishandling of animals. The design was based on the natural behaviour of animals and because it is natural, fewer workers are needed to operate the facilities and it is good for the investor. Fewer workers, improved outputs lead to more profit.

            As a person suffering from being autistic, I think one of her strength is being bless with sharp photographic memory. She has the imagination like no other .This ability leads her to what she is right now

Weakness

Not knowing her, you have that doubt whether to believe or to trust what she was saying. Is that invention really works? Is it ok to adapt an idea come from an autistic? Should I invest my money? That was the question.

Her weakness is her being autistic, her behaviour.  She had that feeling of discomfort in front of many people (gathering in their house for her masters), she had that unexplainable fears (ex. Her room in her aunt, the automatic door in super market)  and the lack of social life.

The cost of the entire plan is too expensive that only the big time investor can avail, imagine the price of materials, the cost of labor and the her professional fee .

College of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Natural Resources

1964 - RA 3917 coverted DSNAS to Don Severino Agricultural College (DSAC)        - Offered BS Agriculture and BS Agricultural Education 1971 - Offered Certificate in Technical Agriculture 1980 - Implemented the Agricultural Education Outreach Project (AEOP) 1983 - Started the Sanayan sa Kakayahang Agrikultura (SAKA) Project 1986 - DSAC was designated as the National Training and Demonstration Center for Fruit and Vegetable-Based Products (NTDC-FVBP) 1993 - DSAC was designated as the Regional College of Agriculture (RCA) for Southern Tagalog 1998 - College of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Natural Resources (CAFENR) as the name of the college was born 2000 - 2009  - CvSU was designated Center of Development for Agriculture by CHED 2001 - Department of Forestry and Environment Science was created 2003 - BSA program passed seocnd resurvey of AACCUP towards Level III 2009 - Designated by CHED as Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program (ETEEAP) Center in Agriculture         - Identified as Provincial Institute for Agriculture under National Agriculture for Fisheries and Education System

Gusto ko yan.. kumikitang kabuhayan..

Examination day.. study of balinghoy! My favourite!

Ok class!! Find you seats.. 

ok mam!! 

Class you need to pay 10 pesos for examination papers.

                I paid the certain amount, expecting the questionnaire and answer sheet are together

 (10 pesos eh), meaning we have to answer the questions on the same papers

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Ok class!! Get one and pass!!

What is this? 2 to 3 pages of answer shit?.. for 10 pesos? I smiled and said.. “ ayos na!”

Then here comes the questionnaire......

                 I take the examination, answered the questions on the piece of sheeeet..

“i said to myself “  let’s see what will happen next!

Ok class,, pass your papers!!

Mam!!! Can i have this questionnaire?

No!!! The other section will take the same exam.. And this might be used as a cheat..

ME(Oo nga naman...)

Ok mam!!

“Four section with around forty students with around four examinations per semester and around ten pesos per exam”

4X40X4X10=? Gusto ku yan!.. kumikitang kabuhayan!

Basic na basic!!! PHD eh!!

Haha!!! Mga tropa natatandaan nyo pa ba? Sabagay yan naman ay parte nalang ng nakaraan , napagtanto ko lang..... pero yung mga kabataan “ wag nyong ng tutularan, bka magalit si hepe,sige kayo, bka kayo maparusahan.. haha!!