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              January-June 2016  •  Vol. 28  No. 1

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Science Diliman
        ISSN 0115-7809

SCIENCE DILIMAN is published semi-annually
(June and December) by the University of
the Philippines Diliman through the Off ice
of the Vice Chancellor for Research and
Development. The journal features articles
of pure and applied sciences.

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief
Irene M. Villaseñor, Ph.D.

Associate Editors
Jose Maria P. Balmaceda, Ph.D.
Louis Angelo M. Danao, Ph.D.
Carlos Primo C. David, Ph.D.
Alonzo A. Gabriel, Ph.D.
Marco Nemesio E. Montaño, Ph.D.
Jonas P. Quilang, Ph.D.
Rene N. Rollon, Ph.D.
Arnel A . Salvador, Ph.D.
Terence P. Tumolva, Ph.D.

Managing Editor
Gonzalo A. Campoamor II, Ph.D.

Editorial Assistant
Narita E.C. de las Alas

Layout Artist
Dercylis G. Mararac

Copyeditor
Sarah Penir

On the Cover:
Coffea arabica of the Red Bourbon variety. Red
berries are ripe and are ready for harvest at the
Benguet State University, La Trinidad, Benguet,
Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines.
Photo taken by Angelo Joshua A. Victoria.

Teofilo A. Abrajano, Jr., Ph.D.
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Rigoberto C. Advincula, Ph.D.
Case School of Engineering
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Kenneth Buckle, Ph.D.
Food Science and Technology Group
School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering
The University of New South Wales
Sydney,  Australia

Jose B. Cruz, Jr., Ph.D.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ohio State University
University of California, Irvine
University of Illinois, Urbana, USA

John P. Encarnacion, Ph.D.
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Saint Louis University, USA

Mihali A. Felipe, Ph.D.
Gerstein Lab, Bioinformatics
Yale University, USA

Robert J. Howell, Ph.D.
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Sheff ield
Sheff ield, United Kingdom

Jeanmiare E. Molina, Ph.D.
Department of Biology
Long Island University,  Brooklyn, USA

Rudolf A. Roemer, Ph.D.
Centre for Scientif ic Computing and

Department of Physics
University of Warwick
United Kingdom

Raul K. Suarez, Ph.D.
Department of Ecology,  Evolution

and Marine Biology
University of California, Sta. Barbara, USA

Myra O. Villareal, Ph.D.
Life and Environmental Sciences
University of Tsukuba,  Japan

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