Completed Projects

Solubility Studies on Copra Meal Proteins
January 6, 1978

Treatment of copra meat with 9.2% (w/v) H2SO4 in the autoclave for one hour at 20 psi steam pressure and 7/1 (v/w) acid-to-solid ratio resulted in the extraction of 77% of copra meal proteins.

Design and Fabrication of Simple Tools and Equipment for the Primary Processing of Coconuts
April 15, 1978

The study describes seven methods of separating the meat from the shell.

Determination of the Chemical Properties of Makapuno
April 15, 1978

From the chemical properties of makapuno, promising uses of the meat were identified aside from utilization for making food items.

Economic Impact of Tarriff Structure on Philippine Coconut Exports
May 10, 1978

The export tax tends to be disincentive for more exportation during times of unfavorable market conditions. Whether this tax led to more exportation and thus earned more government revenues, and to what extent it contributes to decreasing inflationary pressure were aimed at in this study.

Tissue Culture
August 1, 1984

Tissue culture is a technique of vegetative propagation which gives a large number of identical plants from each embryo. Success has been achieved in the culturing of embryos, induction of root-like growths, and development of plantlets, which would be eventually made to grow in soil until maturity.

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