30/09/2026
๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ช? ๐ค
๐๐ซ. ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐. ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ is the ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐ โ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ข๐๐๐ ๐ก behind the reason as to why we get ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ. He graduated from the University of the Philippines Los Baรฑos with a BS in Agriculture majoring in Agronomy and fruit production. He furthered his education in the University of Georgia and graduated with a Masters in Horticulture in 1962 and took his PhD in Plant Physiology in University of Hawaii at Manoa. He was known for his distinguished achievements in the field of ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข, primarily on ๐๐๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐
๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐บ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐บ๐๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐บ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ๐ผ๐๐พ๐ that have garnered him national and international recognition.
He pioneered the induction of flowering and fruiting of mango resulting in availability of abundant fresh mangoes all-year round. He used ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐๐บ ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ to develop a plant growth enhancer, which was locally and internationally patented. His inventions did not just focus on mangoes, he also worked on the ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ . This significant discovery in flower induction and micropropagation has been adopted by other countries producing fruit trees.
๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ (๐๐๐) at the University of the Philippines Los Baรฑos developed the tissue culture protocol for banana in order to produce a vast amount of planting materials that are robust and disease-free, enabling annual replanting, which brought major changes in banana production system. This is now a standard practice in large farms not only in the Philippines but also in other countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. With his research team, they developed micropropagation of several crops made a rapid, enormous impact to farmers and major shift in the production system of more than 40 important species of ornamental, fruit, and plantation crops, aquarium plants, and forest trees including cassava, white potato, rattan, bamboo, ramie, derris, garlic, and shallot.
Through his impactful innovations, he garnered several awards such as The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) of the Philippines for Agriculture by the Philippine Jaycees (1974), Rizal Pro Patria Presidential Award for Tissue Culture (1980), the Most Distinguished Alumni Award, University of the Philippines (2004), and the SEARCA-Dioscoro L. Umali Achievement Award in Agricultural Development (2011), among others.
๐๏ธ: Fiona Galan (Research Head)
๐ป: Ammia Leabres (PIO)
