Pole sitao (Vigna sesquipedalis L.) production and management at the vegetable crops division experimental production and demonstration area, University of the Philippines, Los Baños.
Date
12-2011
Degree
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
Major Course
Major in Horticulture
College
College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS)
Adviser/Committee Chair
Mabesa, Renato
Abstract
The major practice was conducted in the Vegetable Crops Division Experimental Production and Demonstration Area at the University of the Philippines Los Baños on March to June of 2009. Different cultural practices involved in the production of pole sitao such as mulching using silver reflective plastic mulch, fence type trellising, vine training, weeding by chemical, cultural, manual, fertilizer application, pest management, irrigation using spray type perforated pipeline, sowing using direct seeding method, thinning, harvesting, and sorting were observed and performed. Insect pests controlled were leafminers, cutworms, podborers, aphids, and leafhoppers while the diseases controlled were bean rust, whitemold, and leafspot.The student was also exposed in the cultural practices involved in the production of other vegetable crops such as onion, pakchoi, bitter gourd, cucumber, corn, pechay, and pepper.
Language
English
Location
PLB College of Agriculture-Crop Science Cluster
Call Number
Thesis
Recommended Citation
Josue, Juan Paolo Santilisis, "Pole sitao (Vigna sesquipedalis L.) production and management at the vegetable crops division experimental production and demonstration area, University of the Philippines, Los Baños." (2011). Undergraduate Theses. 126.
https://www.ukdr.uplb.edu.ph/etd-undergrad/126
Document Type
Thesis