An Android App for Realtime Tracking of Bio-Research Product Testing Status for Bio-N Production and Utilization for Agricultural Crops

Airah Venice  Casipit,; John Dredd Patrick  Guardian,; Alfie  Bernardo,; John Lester  Encina,

An Android App for Realtime Tracking of Bio-Research Product Testing Status for Bio-N Production and Utilization for Agricultural Crops

Airah Venice Casipit | John Dredd Patrick Guardian | Alfie Bernardo | John Lester Encina

Abstract:

The University of the Philippines Los Baños has the National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (BIOTECH). Bio-N is a microbial-based fertilizer composed of microorganisms (bacteria) isolated from the roots of talahib (Saccharum spontaneum). The bacteria can convert atmospheric nitrogen (N2) into a form usable by rice, corn and vegetables to enhance shoot growth and root development. The biotech UPLB supervises and monitors the field-testing activity. Their testing reports are manual prepared and it takes a lot of time and effort to manually supervise the out-going activity of monitoring all the results issued to Project leader and field personnel. These reports were prone to data loss and miscalculations due to mismatching of the incoming and outgoing reports. In relation to that, the researchers developed an android app for real time tracking of bio-research product testing status for Bio- N production and utilization for agricultural crops to generally enhance the flow of their transactions and improve the management of their annual reports. The system has a feature of a decision support function to help the admin easily analyze the reports made by the system. Based on the results, the study concluded that the system met all the study’s objectives and its acceptance was already determined. Generally, the respondents strongly agreed that the system had attained the main objectives.