Ramon Cabanos Barba

Inventor, Horticulturist

Institution
University of the Philippines Los Banos

Country
Philippines

Field
Agricultural Sciences

Barba was named a National Scientist of the Philippines in 2014 for inventing a way to induce flowering in mango trees regardless of season, boosting the local mango industry.

(Photo: World Intellectual Property Office/Flickr/CC)


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