Specialization:
Weed Management (Genetics and Resistance)
Research Interests:
Weed management, weed biology, weed genetics, herbicide resistance, molecular weed science
Laboratory:
Weed Science Laboratory
About:
I have been teaching at UPLB since 2011. I finished BS in Agriculture and MS in Agronomy at UPLB and my doctoral degree at Kyoto University, Japan. My dissertation for PhD involved the study of metabolism-based resistance in a multiple herbicide-resistant line of Echinochloa phyllopogon (syn. E. oryzicola). During my doctoral studies, I was extensively trained on the different experimental techniques in herbicide resistance research including gene functional characterization (gene isolation, cloning, gene sequence analysis, and transgenic plant experiments) and plant sensitivity assays both in the laboratory and greenhouse conditions. I aim to pioneer the molecular elucidation of the mechanisms of herbicide resistance cases in the country that would be valuable in understanding the resistance evolution in weeds and devising better management plans to control herbicide-resistant weed biotypes in the agricultural fields.
Description of extension project involvements, trainings conducted, and other extension activities such as lectures, reviews, webinars, etc.
Extension activities where I get involved include the following: resource person to the Pest Management Council of the Philippines Farmer’s Forum, Cassava Farmers Online Forum, Online Licensure Examination Review for Agriculturists, and Crop-Protection related training.
Bachelor ‘s Degree:
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
Bachelor’s Degree – Granting Institution and Address:
University of the Philippines Los Baños
Bachelor’s Degree – Academic Distinction:
Cum Laude
Master’s Degree:
Master of Science in Agronomy
Master’s Degree – Granting Institution and Address:
University of the Philippines Los Baños
PhD Program:
Doctor of Agricultural Science
PhD Program – Granting Institution and Address:
Kyoto University, Japan
WSC Undergraduate Course:
WSC 111. Biology of Weeds,
WSC 141. Weeds and Their Management
Other Courses:
AGRI 41. Principles of Crop Protection,
AGRI 42. Pest Management,
ABT 140. Biotechnology in Crop Protection
Dimaano, N.G., Ali, J., Mahender, A., Cruz, P.C., Baltazar, A.M., Diaz, M.G., Pang, Y.L., Acero, B.L., Li, Z. (2020) Identification of quantitative trait loci governing early germination and seedling vigor traits related to weed competitive ability in rice. Euphytica 216(10):1-20
Dimaano, N. G. & Iwakami, S. (2020) Cytochrome P450-mediated herbicide metabolism in plants: Current understanding and prospects. Pest Management Science 77(1):22-32
Dimaano, N. G., Yamaguchi, T., Fukunishi, K., Tominaga, T., & Iwakami, S. (2020). Functional characterization of cytochrome P450 CYP81A subfamily to disclose the pattern of cross-resistance in Echinochloa phyllopogon. Plant Molecular Biology, 102(4), 403-416
Dimaano, N., Ali, J., Sta. Cruz P., Baltazar, A., Diaz, M., Acero, B., and Li, Z. (2017) Performance of newly developed weed-competitive rice cultivars under lowland and upland weedy conditions. Weed Science 65(6), 798-817
Magahud, J. C., & Dimaano, N. G. B. (2015) Extent, methods and determining factors of pesticide application in irrigated rice areas of the Philippines. IAMURE International Journal of Ecology and Conservation 15:168
Casimero, M. C., & Dimaano, N. G. B. (2009). Status of and prospects for hybrid rice commercialization in the Philippines.
Email:
nbdimaano@up.edu.ph
Office Address:
A-306, Biological Sciences Building, UPLB, College, Laguna