Our Last Week

May 7

WESVIARC's 48th anniversary celebration started with a mass and parade of employees. There were also peoplefrom other agricultural agencies from different provinces in Region 6.
The program was mainly composed of awarding ceremonies, sportsfest, and intermission numbers.
At lunch, we had a little food fest in the mini "forest" where each of us has a contribution.
We performed our line dance in the afternoon. We were glad we did well.

May 8

I really thought we'll have our tractor driving lessons this day! Instead, we went to the National Seed Quality Control Services building. NSQCS is a sole agency of Department of Agriculture under the Bureau of Plant Industry which certifies seeds.
In the afternoon, we proceeded to the seed health laboratory. This is where seed pathogens are being studied and observed. We made our own samples which contains 25 palay seeds in an evaporating dish with a moistened tissue on its base. After few days, we expect to see pathogens particularly fungi.

May 9

At last! We were able to have driving lessons! Despite the disturbing noise of the tractor's engine, I enjoyed maneuvering the steering wheel and stepping on the pedal.
This has been one of the best activities in WESVIARC.

May 11

This is the last day of our internship. Our group went to the nursery, this time, to learn asexual reproduction of plants. We did a hands-on on grafting mangoes. I only hope my grafted mango will live long.
After that, we went to the seed health laboratory to see our palay seeds. There we saw and viewed the fungi on the electromicroscope.