CONTENTS

Effective production of recombinant esterase in Bacillus brevis using a pH-controlled fed-batch culture

Edgardo E. Tulin

Cell-free synthesis of tachyplesin, an antimicrobial peptide from tachypleus tridentatus

Edgardo E. Tulin, Anabella B. Tulin, and Shin-ichiro Ejiri

Biochemistry of postharvest spoilage of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L.)1. Changes in starch, total sugar, praline and ascorbic acid content

R.C. Ray and Swayam Prava Pati

Effect of some edaphic factors on microbial decomposition of leaf fibre biomass of Toona ciliata Roxb. and Trema orientalis Bl.

Sunanda Chanda, Kakali Ghosh,Priyanka Majumbar,and Swapan K. Bhaduri

Biology of yam mealybug, Planococcus pacificus Cox (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)

Erlinda A. Vasquez and Melecio A. Buyser

Altitudinal distribution and quantitative vegetation analysis of the monocotyledonous flora in Mt. Pangasugan, Leyte, Philippines

Pamela M. Po-Abit and Norma Aguilar

Species diversity of moconotyledonous vegetation in Mt. Pangasugan, Leyte, Philippines

Pamela M. Po-Abit and Norma Aguilar