Our Editors – Annals of Tropical Research

Editor-in-Chief

DR. VICTOR B. ASIO

Soil Science & Geoecology

Department of Soil Science

Visayas State University

Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines 6521-A

Email: vbasio@vsu.edu.ph

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Managing Editor

DR. HENRY Y. GOLTIANO

Extension Education & Rural Sociology

Department of Agricultural Education & Extension

Visayas State University

Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines 6521-A

Email: henrygoltiano@vsu.edu.ph

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Associate Editors


DR. BEATRIZ S. BELONIAS Botany Department of Biological Sciences Visayas State University Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines 6521-A Email: beatrizbelonias@vsu.edu.ph	DR. ROTACIO S. GRAVOSO Learning Science & Curriculum Dev’t Department of Development Communication Visayas State University Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines 6521-A Email: r.gravoso@vsu.edu.ph For more info about the Associate Editor, click here	DR. SANTIAGO T. PEÑA JR. Tropical Veterinary Science College of Veterinary Medicine Visayas State University Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines 6521-A Email: santiago.penajr@vsu.edu.ph For more info about the Associate Editor, click here

DR. MOISES NEIL V. SERIÑO Development & Environmental Economics Department of Economics Visayas State University Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines 6521-A Email:moisesneil.serino@vsu.edu.ph	DR. JULIE D. TAN Applied Microbiology Philippine Root Crop Research & Training Center Visayas State University Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines 6521-A Email:julie.tan@vsu.edu.ph For more info about the Associate Editor, click here	DR. ERLINDA A. VASQUEZ Pest Management & Natural Products Philippine Root Crop Research & Training Center Visayas State University Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines 6521-A Email:erlinda.vasquez@vsu.edu.ph

Editorial Staff


RHODORA ABALAJEN-BANDE Language Editor Department of Liberal Arts & Behavioral Sciences Visayas State University Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines 6521-A	JANET MACKENZIE-MODINA Language Editor Brgy. Pangasugan Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines 6521-A

KIMBERLY V. CAINGCOY Editorial Assistant Office of the Vice President for Research, Extension & Innovation Visayas State University Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines 6521-A Email: atrlsu@yahoo.com	PRELLY P. AGUILAR Editorial Assistant Office of the Vice President for Research, Extension & Innovation Visayas State University Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines 6521-A Email: atr@vsu.edu.ph

International Board


Dr. Mary Joy Abit Weed Science / Crop Physiology (University of the Philippines Los Baños)	DR. SERGIO M. ABIT JR Environmental Soil Physics & Hydropedology (Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma, USA)	DR. AMANULLAH Integrated Crops & Nutrients Management; Climate Change & Land; Dryland Agriculture & Sustainable Soil Management (University of Peshawar, Pakistan)

DR. JOSE L. BACUSMO Plant Breeding & Genetics (Visayas State University, Philippines)	DR. RENEZITA COME Silviculture and Tree Physiology (Visayas State University, Philippines)	DR. ZUENG-SANG CHEN Environmental Pollution & Pedology (National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan)

DR. SAUREN DAS Botany & Ecophysiology (Agricultural & Ecological Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, India)	Dr. Francisco B. Elegado Fermentation Tech. & Protein Chem. (National Inst. of Molecular Biol. & Biotech., UPLB, Philippines)	Dr. Ivy C. Emnace Food Microbiology & Food Product Development (Visayas State University, Philippines)

Dr. Fe M. Gabunada Agricultural Economics (Visayas State University, Philippines)	Dr. Roberto C. Guarte Agric. Engineering & Postharvest & Energy Technology (Visayas State University, Philippines)	Dr. Arnold V. Hallare Environmental & Aquatic Toxiology (University of the Philippines, Manila)

Dr. Stephen Mark Harper Vegetable crop agronomy, physiology, crop nutrition and soil fertility (Queensland Government Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Australia)	Dr. Reinhold Jahn Soil Science & Landscape Ecology (Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)	Dr. Gerardo C. Janairo Organic Chemistry & Material Science (De La Salle University, Manila)

Dr. Lawrence Liao Marine Biology (Hiroshima University, Japan)	Dr. Mario Ivan Lopez Cultural Anthropology (Kyoto University, Japan)	Dr. Denise Margaret S. Matias Social Ecology, Environmental Science & Policy; Biodiversity & Indigenous Community Forestry (Institute for Social-Ecological Research, Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

Dr. Analyn M. Mazo Marine Biology, Reproductive Biology of Invertebrates (Visayas State University, Philippines)	Dr. Juvy G. Mojares Social sciences; Extension Education; Development Communication/Studies; Community Development; (Somerton Middle School, Arizona, USA)	Dr. Ian A. Navarrete Environmental Pedology (Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines)

Dr. Rodney H. Perez Food Biotechnology; Molecular Biology; Bacteriocins (University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines)	Dr. Md. Mizanur Rahman Environmental Microbiology & Bioinformatics (Islamic University, Kushtia Bangladesh)	Dr. Pearl B. Sanchez Soil Chemistry (University of the Philippines Los Baños)

Dr. Letecia S. Sonon Soil & Environmental Chemistry (University of Georgia, USA)	Dr. Roel R. Suralta Agronomy, Crop Physiology, Environmental Stress Physiology and Root Biology (Philippine Rice Research Institute, Philippines)	Dr. Anabella B. Tulin Soil Chemistry & Plant Nutrition (Visayas State University, Philippines)

Dr. Edgardo E. Tulin Biotechnology (Visayas State University, Philippines)	Dr. Arthur Q. Villordon Genetics / Plant Breeding (Louisiana State University, USA)	Dr. Akira Yamauchi Bioresources Recycling (Nagoya University, Japan)