Five Filipino scientists were recently hailed among the Top 100 Scientists in Asia. The list was released by The Asian Scientist Magazine (ASM), an online publication which aims to raise awareness on quality research in Asia. Four of the Filipino scientists are members of the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), an attached agency of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). They are National Scientists (NS) Ramon Barba, Angel Alcala, Edgardo Gomez, and Gavino Trono Jr. The other Filipino scientist is Alfredo Mahar Francisco Lagmay, a member of the National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP), which is also an attached agency of DOST. Barba, who ranked 3rd on the Top 100 list, was named national scientist in 2014 for the mango flowering induction technology that he developed. The technology allows year-round production of mango. Barba also pioneered the tissue culture of banana and sugarcane for micropropagation. Alcala, [...]
