DIRECTORY OF COCONUT EXPERTS Name ERLINDA PAJE-RILLO, Scientist Photograph IV Date of birth and sex February 1, 1943; Female Nationality Filipino Present Address #196 Purok 5, Paulog, Ligao City, Albay Province, PHILIPPINES Permanent address Same AS Above Contact details Telephone : Mobile : 09062038219 09214074464 Email :erlindaprillo@gmail Educational Qualification and Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Plant Pathology) Major field of specialization* Master of Science (Plant Virology/Tissue Culture) Core area of activity** Plant Pathology, Biotechnology and coconut tissue and embryo culture Current Profession details Retired, Division Chief III, Tissue Culture Division Philippine Coconut Authority, Albay Research Center Guionobatan, Albay, Philippines Currently: Member of the Board/Treasurer Phil. Coconut Research and Development Foundation Sector : Researcher with the Philippine Coconut Authority Research works undertaken / Started work in May 1964 as assistant to FAO-UNDP involved in coconut Consultants working on the coconut cadang-cadang disease at the then Bureau of Plant Industry, Guinobatan Experiment Station, Guinobatan, Albay, until the time that it was found that a viroid is the causal agent. Project Leader of the 9-year (Feb. 1989 to Jan 1998) German- funded (GTZ) technical cooperation entitled “Philippine- German Coconut Tissue Culture Project”. The Project leader of a 3-year European Union-funded project entitled “Coconut: Development of Methods for the Clonal Propagation of Elite, Diseases-resistant Palms by Somatic Embryogenesis”. This project was collaboration among 5 countries (Philippines, Mexico, Germany, France and England). Makapuno Comprehensive Technology Development and Commercialization Program of which she was the Program Leader. The Project Leader of a 3-year (April 15, 1999 to March 2002) DOST-PCARRD funded project under the Crops Biotechnology Program, entitled “Coconut Tissue Culture: Optimization pf protocols towards increased production of clones”. Coconut embryo culture research to develop effective technology for the production of coconut seedlings from the high value soft endosperm coconut variety “Lono.” One of the project leaders of an IPGRI-COGENT funded program entitled “Sustainable use of coconut genetic resources to enhance incomes and nutrition of coconut smallholders in the Asia Pacific Region”. After retirement in Feb. 2008, she was the President and CEO of PhilHybrid Corporation, a private corporation involved in the production of embryo cultured Makapuno seedlings based at UPLB, College, Laguna until April 2015. Also a Consultant of Dept. of Science and Technology Region 4 and Department of Agriculture in the Philippines. Now on a “on call basis.” Developmental Projects Project leader of 2 projects in Tiaong, Quezon and Lipa undertaken or led in coconut City, Batangas (both are Department of Agriculture sector in own country/others Research Stations) in the Philippines mainly to mass produce the dwarf Makapuno type developed at the Leyte State University. These projects are funded by the P1M research grant she got when she was awarded as the DA National Gawad Saka Outstanding Agricultural Scientist in 2007 by President Macapagal-Arroyo. She earlier established demo farms of this Makapuno types in three site. Papers presented : International: International Rillo, E. P. 2004. Importing and growing coconut embryos for the coconut genebank. In: Germplasm Health Management for CO National GENT’s Multisite International Coconut Genebank, Ikin, Robert and Pons Batugal (eds), International Plant Genetic Resources Institute-Regional Office for Asia, the Pacific and Oceana (IPGRI-APO), Serdang, Selangor DE, Malaysia Rillo, E. P.C. A. Cueto, W. R. Medes, and M. B. A.-Ubaldo. 2002. Development of an improved embryo culture protocol in the Philippines. In: Coconut Embryo In vitro Culture Part II: eds. F. Engelmann, P. Batugal and J. T. Oliver, IPGRI_APO, Serdang, Malaysia. Rillo, E. P. 1999. Coconut Embryo Culture. In: Current Advances in Coconut Biotechnology, eds. C. Oropeza, J. L. Verdeil, G. R. Ashburner, R. Cardeña, J. M Santamaria, Kluwer Academic Publishers. Dordrecht, Boston, London. Rillo, E. P. and M. B. F. Paloma. 1990. Comparison of three media formulations for in vitro culture of coconut embryos. In: Abstracts VIIth International Congress on Plant Tissue and Cell Culture, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, June 24 to 29, 1990. Poster No. D1-18, p. 372. Orense, O. D., Rillo, E. P. & Ebert, A. W. 1994. Plantlet regeneration from immature embryos of Cocos nucifera L... In: Abstracts VIIIth International Congress of Plant Tissue and Cell Culture, Firenze, Italy, June 12-17, 1994, S 1-47, p. 17. Bonaobra III, Z. S., E. P. Rillo, & Ebert A. E. 1994. Effect of table grade sugars on growth and development of coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) embryos in vitro. In: Abstracts XXIVth International Horticultural Congress, Kyoto, Japan, August 21-27, 1994, p-21-17, p.239. Areza, M. B. B., Rillo, E. P., Cueto, C. A. Ebert, A. W. & Orense, O. D. 1994. Effects of water source, pH and state of the medium on growth and development of coconut embryos in vitro. In: Abstracts VIIIth International Congress of Plant Tissue and Cell Culture, Firenze, Italy, June 12-17, 1994, S1-48, p. 17. Ebert, A. W., Ebert, I. C. M., Rillo, E. P. & Cueto, C. A. 1994. Regeneration of coconut from rachilla explants of young inflorescences of cv.: Laguna Tall. In: Abstracts VIIIth International Congress of Plant Tissue and Cell Culture, Firenze, Italy, June 12-17, 1994, S1-46, p. 17. Orense, O. D., Cueto, C. A., Areza, M. B. B., Rillo, E. P. & Ebert A. W. 1993. Effect of pretreatment and age of explants on calloid initiation of coconut inflorescence. In: Mohamed, A. Z., Fong, T. H. & Nair, H. (Eds.) Transactions of the Malaysian Society of Plant Physiology, 10-12 November 1992, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 3: 151-155. Ebert, A. W., Ebert, I. C. M., Rillo, E. P. & Cueto, C. A. 1994. Regeneration of coconut from rachilla explants of young inflorescences of cv.: Laguna Tall. In: Abstracts VIIIth International Congress of Plant Tissue and Cell Culture, Firenze, Italy, June 12-17, 1994, S1-46, p. 17. Orense, O. D., Cueto, C. A., Areza, M. B. B., Rillo, E. P. & Ebert A. W. 1993. Effect of pretreatment and age of explants on calloid initiation of coconut inflorescence. In: Mohamed, A. Z., Fong, T. H. & Nair, H. (Eds.) Transactions of the Malaysian Society of Plant Physiology, 10-12 November 1992, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 3: 151-155. Rillo, E. P. 1997. Coconut Embryo Culture. In: Proceedings of the International Coconut Biotechnology Symposium, CICY, Merida, Mexico, Dec. 1-5, 1997. Rillo, E. P. 1993. In vitro culture of coconut embryos. In: Mohamed, A. Z., Fong, T. H. & Nair, H. (Eds.) Transactions of the Malaysian Society of Plant Physiology. Special edition for First Asia Pacific Conference on Plant Physiology, 1012 November 1992, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, vol. 3: 184-185. 6. Rillo, E. P. 1989. A frame work for coordination of application of tissue culture technique for a breakthrough in vegetative propagation of coconut. Proc. 26th Cocotech Meeting, Asian and Pacific Coconut Community, Bangkok, Thailand, May 15-19, 1989. Rillo, E. P. 1989. Current State of the Art of the Use of Tissue Culture Techniques in Vegetative Propagation of Coconuts in the Philippines. Proc. 26th Cocotech Meeting, Asian Pacific Coconut Community, Bangkok, Thailand, May 15-19, 1989. National: a. Senior Author 1. Rillo, E. P. & A. W. Ebert., 1994. In vitro regeneration of coconut: Progress report of the Philippine German Coconut Tissue Culture Project. In: Ebert, A. W., MuBigmann, M. & K. H. Wolpers, (Eds.) Documentation Report, November 1993.International GTZ Workshop Plant Biotechnology in Technical Cooperation Programmes, October 06-11, 1993, Legaspi City, Philippines, pp. 84-89. 2. Rillo, E. P. and M. B. F. Paloma. 1992. In vitro culture of macapuno coconut embryos. Coconuts Today 9 (1): 90-101. 3. Rillo, E. P. and M. B. F. Paloma. 1991. Storage and transport of zygotic embryos of Cocos nucifera L. for in vitro culture. FAO/IBPGR Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter 86; 1-4. 4. Rillo, E. P. and M. B. F. Paloma. 1990. Comparison of three media formulations for in vitro culture of coconut embryos. Oleagineux 45 (7): 320-323. (3rd Best Paper, 2nd DA-BAR National R & D Symposium, ISMED, U. P. Diliman, Quezon City, July 23-24, 1990). 5. Rillo, E. P. 1989. Coconut Tissue Culture: A tool for improved coco production. Coconuts Today 7: 112-122. 6. Rillo, E. P. 1989. Non-destructive technique for collecting immature coconut inflorescence for tissue culture. Philippine Journal of Coconut Studies 14 (2): 16-17. 7. Rillo, E. P. and M. B. F. Paloma. 1989. Reactions of different coconut varieties and hybrids to Phytophthora disease. Philippine Journal of Coconut Studies 14 (1): 2-6. (Best paper 8th R & D Planning Workshop, DA-BEST, Pili, Camarines Sure, June 4, 1988). 8. Rillo, E. P. and D. A. Benigno. 1983. Chlorotic leaf streak of Oncidium ‘Golden Shower’. Philippine Agric. 66 910 17-28. 9. Rillo, E. P. and D. A. Benigno. 1983. Isolation and identification of the virus causing mosaic of Laeliocatlleya ‘Randy’. Philippine Agric. 66 (1): 1-16. 10. Rillo, E. P., A. W. Feldman and W. C. Price. l973. Attempts to find a biochemical marker for diagnosing cadang-cadang of coconut. Philippine Journal of Plant Industry 38 (2-3) 43-48. 11. Rillo, E. P. and W. C. Price. 1972. An anatomical study of leaves from coconut affected by cadang-cadang. Philippine Phytopathology 8(1-2):9. 12. Rillo, E. P., G. O. Pableo, and W. C. Price. 1972. An anatomical study of coconut leaves from healthy trees and those affected by cadang-cadang. Bulletin Torrey Bot. Club 99 (9): 271-277. 13. Paje, Erlinda, P., O. P. Exconde, and S. A. Raymundo, 1964. Host range studies of Piricularia oryzae Cav. in the Philippines. Phil. Agric. 48 (2-30: 35-48. b. First co-author: 1. Bonaobra, Z. S. III, Rillo, E. P. and O.