CRITICAL DEFICIENCIES AND ACTION POINTS

Instruction: List down the critical deficiencies and action points as presented by the panel of reviewers.

Criteria Title Objectives None None

Critical Deficiencies

Action Points

Theoretical Background of the Project

1) How do temperature, pH, and fermentation period affect production of pectinase? 2.) What are the bases of varying the T,pH, and fermentation periods? 3.) Clarify the basis of the specific activities of pectinase in Table 6. 4.) Is pectinase intracellular or extracellular? 5.) Is A. niger a fungal species/strain? None None

1) 2) 3) 4)

Placed Moved Clarified Indicated in theoretical background 5) Indicated in theoretical background

Significance of the Project Scope and Limitations of the Project

Research Design

1.) What is the inherent C:N ration of mango peels 2.)Change the buffer for enzyme assay 3.) How much sample is weighed in Appendix A? 4.) In Appendix E, what is Bio-rad concentrate? What does Homemade reagent mean? 5.) For Appendix F, -How much KI and I2 are needed in 500 ml? -How much sodium carbonate is needed to prepare 1M Na2CO3? -How much conc. H2SO4 is needed to make 200 ml of 2N H2SO4? 6.) Put in the equations used to calculate the pectinase activity. 7.) How is the C:N ratio adjusted?

1.) Indicated in the theoretical background 2.) Changed. 3.) 1-2 grams 4.) They were just unnecessary information mentioned in the appendix 5.) Indicated in Appendix F 6.) Placed in Appendix F 7.) It is adjusted by adjusting the amount of ammonium sulphate added to the mineral medium 1.) Moved 1.) Moved

Workplan and Expected Output References and Intext Citations Cost Estimates Mechanics and Writing Style

1.) Move the schedule of the expected end of experiment to 2nd week of December 1.) Move Ruiz after Rose in the bibliography None Errors: Spacing, double parenthesis in one of the references, misplaced punctuation marks, and misnamed tables.

All errors are corrected