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Dioscoro Lopez Umali (November 17, 1917 – July 1, 1992) was a Filipino agriculturalist and National Scientist of the Philippines awardee, known as "the Father of Philippine Plant Breeding." [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] He was awarded several international honors and distinctions for his outstanding achievements and improvements of rice , corn and other ...
National Scientist of the Philippines [52] [53] Teodulo Topacio: College of Veterinary Medicine dean: Veterinary medicine: National Scientist of the Philippines [52] [54] Dioscoro L. Umali: UPCA dean: Genetics and plant breeding: National Scientist of the Philippines [55] [56] [57] Jose R. Velasco: Professor emeritus: Plant physiology: National ...
CAFS alumni have played key roles in agriculture and allied fields. Alumni include National Scientists and ranking government officials in the Philippines and other Southeast Asian nations. [11] Despite this, enrollment in the BS Agriculture program has been in decline, with 51% of UPLB students enrolled in the program in 1980 down to 43% in 1995.
She attended the University of the Philippines Los Baños, earning a bachelor of science in agriculture, magna cum laude, in 1956. Her thesis, under Dioscoro L. Umali, concerned the nature of lodging in rice. She received a Rockefeller Foundation scholarship and attended the University of Minnesota in the United States.
The 1,098 ha (2,710-acre) Los Baños campus houses UPLB's academic facilities, as well as experimental farms for agriculture and biotechnology research. [5] The more prominent buildings in the Los Baños campus, such as the Dioscoro L. Umali Hall, Main Library, and Student Union were designed by National Artist for Architecture Leandro Locsin. [39]
In 1973, Escuro, along with Benjamin Ona, started an intensive programme at the University of the Philippines, Los Baños in dry season to find suitable wheat varieties for improved agricultural production. [8] According to the Philippine Rice Research Institute, Escuro was a pioneer of wheat breeding in the Philippines. He tested a few wheat ...
From their ranks, the next National Scientist of the Philippines would be nominated and approved by the President of the Philippines. ... Dioscoro L. Umali, Ph.D. [a] [e]
Philippine History Encarnacion Alzona: Social Sciences Philippine History Hilario Lara: Health Sciences Public Health Corazon Aquino 1986 Julian Banzon: Mathematical and Physical Sciences Chemistry Dioscoro L. Umali: Agricultural Sciences Agriculture and Rural Development 1987 Jose Encarnacion, Jr. Social Sciences Economics Luz Oliveros-Belardo