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The following measurements should guide you: Condition of leaves = Age of Patient = Dried leaves (crushed) : Fresh leaves (chopped) Read the rest of this entry »
The information generated in this study shows the potential utilization of waste banana stalks as fiber resource for handmade paper by an environment-friendly protocol. Here, instead of using chemicals like caustic soda and acid in cooking the material to produce pulp, it utilized an edible fungi, Pleurotus sajor caju, to delignify the material and render the cellulosic fibers available for handmade paper making. Read the rest of this entry »
Similar to the best hybrid corn, oil palm H hybrid grows fast and is very sturdy once planted in the field. Oil palm trees are greener in weedy fields, where coconut trees may appear chlorotic due to weed Read the rest of this entry »
Harvesting does not also require much labor, as in sugarcane farming. This is the reason why many highly productive sugar-cane fields in Thailand are converted to irrigated oil palm trees to prevent farm labor shortages during harvest. By the way, irrigated oil palm trees yield 10 tons higher. The added yield amounts to P75,000, much higher than the annual net income from irrigated rice farm. Read the rest of this entry »
Compared to other copper-based fungicides with either copper oxychloride or copper hydroxide as active ingredient, Nordox has the least particle size of 1.2 microns. The other two fungicides’ particle sizes are 1.8 and 2.5, respectively. Read the rest of this entry »
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The present study addresses two concerns in the pulp and paper industry: chemical effluents that pollute the environment and cutting down of trees that causes imbalances in the natural ecosystem.
Recently, many farmers asked me what is the best crop to plant. With my experience as a farmer and agricultural technician and consultant, my first choice is oil palm, and I suggest that small landholders with only 3 to 5 hectares should plant a part of or their Whole farm to this crop. For one, compared to coconut, oil palm is easy to plant and maintain as it does not require much time for maintenance, harvesting and even marketing. For another, oil palm has many comparative advantages over other crops.
All that an oil farmer has to do is to harvest and deliver the fruits to the milling plant within 2-3 days after harvest. The earlier the delivery, the better because the quality of the oil depends on the condition of the fruits.
Nordox 50 WP is the only copper fungicide in the Philippines that contains cuprous oxide as its active ingredient. Manufactured by Nordox AS of Norway, a leading producer of high-quality cuprous oxide for use in agrochemicals, Nordox also kills bacteria, breaking up the resistance of these pathogens and disrupting the buildup of disease in areas with a history of infection.
