They affirm once again the value of PCARRD’s investments in human resource development. Three PCARRD scholars shared the limelight as the Pest Management Council of the Philippines (PMCP) and its member societies honored their own at the group’s 38th Annual Scientific Con-ference held recently at the Bohol Tropics Resort, Tag-bilaran City.
Benguet State University (BSU) professor, Dr. Luciana M. Villanueva was named Pest Management Awardee in Research. She was a PCARRD scholar (1979-1983) while pur-suing her PhD in Plant Pathology at the Univer-sity of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB).
PMCP recognized her significant contribution to the development of effective and sustainable management strategies against plant parasitic nematodes and fungi associated with highland vegetables, strawberry and chrysanthemum in the Cordillera.
PMCP further cited her pioneering work on chrysanthemum diseases provided the baseline information for the de-velopment of an in-tegrated disease ma-nagement strategy. This included the discovery and development of fungal hyperparasites as bio-logical control for chrysanthemum white rust. This technology reduced fungicide application by 34 percent resulting to savings valued at P59,000 / ha.
These contributions in the field of pest management have sig-nificantly improved the cutflower and vegetable industry not only in the Cordilleras but nationwide.
The Philippine Phy-topathological Society (PPS) named University of Southern Mindanao (USM) professor, Dr. James Silvestre as the Gerardo O. Ocfemia Outstanding Plant Pathologist. This is in re-cognition of his dis-tinguished contributions to instruction, research and extension in the field of Plant Pathology. Silvestre received a grant from PCARRD in 2000 for his PhD dissertation in Plant Pathology at UPLB.
PPS recognized Silvestre’s teaching versatility that has benefited many students in Plant Pathology and related fields at USM. He was thesis adviser to hundreds of graduate and undergraduate students, some of whom are now noted teachers, researchers and leaders in various public and private agencies.
His citation in the Marquis Who’s Who in the World International points to his leadership and achievement evidenced by his numerous plant disease discoveries, his research and extension projects and various local and international awards.
Meanwhile, the Phi-lippine Association of Entomologists (PAE) named BSU professor, Dr. Lita M. Colting as the L.B. Uichangco Out-standing Entomologist. Colting was a PCARRD scholar in both her MS and PhD in Entomology, which she completed in 1983 and 1998, respectively.
PAE cited her as an exemplary educator who has mentored a number of award-winning student researchers. Incidentally, she was conferred the Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Teacher Award in 2002.
Her contribution to the management of leafminer and tuber moth, highlighted in her comprehensive fieldwork with farmers and technicians in the Cordillera provinces that led to the development of practical, sustainable and en-vironment-friendly pest management measures in the production of potato and other vegetable crops.
In a related de-velopment, Dr. Virginia R. Ocampo was named PMCP Awardee for Instruction while Ms. Priscilla M. Barcial was conferred the Marcos R. Vega Memorial Award by Weed Science Society of the Philippines (WSSP) . Both are from the UPLB Crop Protection Cluster.
The PMCP is composed of three scientific societies and three associations which are the PPS, PAE and the WSSP. The three associations are the Pest Control As-sociation of the Philippines,CropLife Phi-lippines, and the Crop Protection Association of the Philippines. (Lily Ann D. Lando, S&T Media Service) /MP
Benguet State University (BSU) professor, Dr. Luciana M. Villanueva was named Pest Management Awardee in Research. She was a PCARRD scholar (1979-1983) while pur-suing her PhD in Plant Pathology at the Univer-sity of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB).
PMCP recognized her significant contribution to the development of effective and sustainable management strategies against plant parasitic nematodes and fungi associated with highland vegetables, strawberry and chrysanthemum in the Cordillera.
PMCP further cited her pioneering work on chrysanthemum diseases provided the baseline information for the de-velopment of an in-tegrated disease ma-nagement strategy. This included the discovery and development of fungal hyperparasites as bio-logical control for chrysanthemum white rust. This technology reduced fungicide application by 34 percent resulting to savings valued at P59,000 / ha.
These contributions in the field of pest management have sig-nificantly improved the cutflower and vegetable industry not only in the Cordilleras but nationwide.
The Philippine Phy-topathological Society (PPS) named University of Southern Mindanao (USM) professor, Dr. James Silvestre as the Gerardo O. Ocfemia Outstanding Plant Pathologist. This is in re-cognition of his dis-tinguished contributions to instruction, research and extension in the field of Plant Pathology. Silvestre received a grant from PCARRD in 2000 for his PhD dissertation in Plant Pathology at UPLB.
PPS recognized Silvestre’s teaching versatility that has benefited many students in Plant Pathology and related fields at USM. He was thesis adviser to hundreds of graduate and undergraduate students, some of whom are now noted teachers, researchers and leaders in various public and private agencies.
His citation in the Marquis Who’s Who in the World International points to his leadership and achievement evidenced by his numerous plant disease discoveries, his research and extension projects and various local and international awards.
Meanwhile, the Phi-lippine Association of Entomologists (PAE) named BSU professor, Dr. Lita M. Colting as the L.B. Uichangco Out-standing Entomologist. Colting was a PCARRD scholar in both her MS and PhD in Entomology, which she completed in 1983 and 1998, respectively.
PAE cited her as an exemplary educator who has mentored a number of award-winning student researchers. Incidentally, she was conferred the Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Teacher Award in 2002.
Her contribution to the management of leafminer and tuber moth, highlighted in her comprehensive fieldwork with farmers and technicians in the Cordillera provinces that led to the development of practical, sustainable and en-vironment-friendly pest management measures in the production of potato and other vegetable crops.
In a related de-velopment, Dr. Virginia R. Ocampo was named PMCP Awardee for Instruction while Ms. Priscilla M. Barcial was conferred the Marcos R. Vega Memorial Award by Weed Science Society of the Philippines (WSSP) . Both are from the UPLB Crop Protection Cluster.
The PMCP is composed of three scientific societies and three associations which are the PPS, PAE and the WSSP. The three associations are the Pest Control As-sociation of the Philippines,CropLife Phi-lippines, and the Crop Protection Association of the Philippines. (Lily Ann D. Lando, S&T Media Service) /MP
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