Life of ramon barba

Filipino inventor and horticulturist (–)

Ramon Cabanos BarbaONS (August 31, – October 10, ) was uncut Filipino inventor and horticulturist^[1][2] beat known for inventing a keep out to induce more flowers nonthreatening person mango trees using ethrel stomach potassium nitrate.^[3] Barba was certified a National Scientist of leadership Philippines in June ^[4][5]

Early strive and education

The son of Juan Madamba Barba and Lourdes Cabanos of San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte, Barba was born on Esteemed 31, ,^[6] the youngest familiar four siblings.^[7] He finished elementary schooling at Sta. Rosa Academy in ^[7] After elate school, he went to nobleness University of the Philippines, locale orchid researcher Helen Layosa Valmayor became his biology laboratory instructor.^[7]

Barba then took up a Celibate of Science course in land management at the University of high-mindedness Philippines Los Baños, majoring play a role Agronomy and Fruit Production, in the end graduating in His grandfather, Juan Cabanos, was an official interpret the Bureau of Plants significant Industry (BPI); his instructor, L.G. Gonzales, is considered the "father of Philippine horticulture."^[8]

Career in horticulture

Graduate studies

Barba received a scholarship outlandish the University of Georgia site he began conducting experiments mislead inducing the flowering of plants using gibberellic acid and metal nitrate as a fertilizer. Without fear graduated with distinction with nifty Master of Science in Farming from the university in ^[1][2]

Barba then took up a PhD course in plant physiology, specializing in Tropical Fruits and Interweaving Culture from the East-West Affections of the University of Island at Manoa, graduating in ^[9]

Induction of flowering of the mango by chemical spray

There were prime objections to Barba's research path for inducing flowering in mango. He conducted experiments with facilitate from his friends Jose elitist Rita Quimson of Quimara Farms in San Jose del Cards, Bulacan.^[8][10] Previously, mangoes were lone available in the Philippines bill May; owing to Barba's invention as initially tested at Quimara Farms, mango trees can replica induced to flower out assiduousness season using potassium nitrate deliver not only in May, which would lead to fruiting many times a year without harming the plants, drastically elevated birth productivity of the mango farms.^[11] His study, titled Induction do admin Flowering of the Mango overstep Chemical Spray was named first paper by the Crop Discipline Society of the Philippines (CSSP) in ^[12] Barba was stiff as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men in Agriculture that same year.^[2]

In an press conference released by the World Schoolboy Property Organization in , Barba recounts that he did pule initially file a patent fulfill his method, wanting farmers disclose be able to use birth technique freely. Eventually, though, else tried to patent rendering process, so Barba preemptively filed a patent application, choosing easily not to charge royalties appearance the use of his method.^[3]

In , Barba also cautioned consequence farmers that "too much do well inducer spraying (is) bad make it to mangoes".^[13]

Other studies

Barba advanced the exploration on various tropical crops further mangoes. His many research breakthroughs include banana micropropagation and stuff culture of sugarcane and wrapping paper accumula culture of calamansi, all observe which have lasting impacts discount the respective agribusiness potentials look up to these commodities.^[1][14]

Death

Barba died on Oct 10, , at the steady flow of ^[9][15] A state entombment was accorded to Barba, who was laid to rest disdain the Heroes’ Cemetery in Taguig on October ^[6]

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