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Jose R. Velasco - Wikipedia

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Jose R. Velasco

Born	(1916-02-04)February 4, 1916 Imus, Cavite, Philippine Islands
Died	January 24, 2007(2007-01-24) (aged 90) Imus, Cavite, Philippines
Known for	National Scientist of the Philippines
Scientific career
Fields	chemistry and plant physiology

Jose R. Velasco (February 4, 1916 – January 24, 2007) was a Filipino plant physiologist and agricultural chemist noted for his research on soil and plant nutrition and on coconut diseases. In 1998, he was recognized as a National Scientist of the Philippines.

Early life and education

Velasco was born in Imus, Cavite. After nearly flunking out of a vocational high school, he transferred to an agricultural high school (now the Central Luzon State University Science High School), where he graduated salutatorian.^[1] Velasco enrolled in what was then the University of the Philippines College of Agriculture (now the University of the Philippines Los Baños) in Laguna province. He graduated at the top of his class in 1940 with a degree in agriculture, major in Agricultural Chemistry.^[2]^[3] Upon graduation, Velasco joined the faculty of the University of the Philippines and remained there for the duration of World War II, during which he endured a brief period of incarceration by the Japanese army.^[4] After the war, Velasco pursued graduate studies in the United States and obtained a Ph.D in plant physiology from the University of California, Berkeley in 1949. He re-joined the faculty of the University of the Philippines and remained there until 1967.

Contributions to agricultural science

During World War II, Velasco conducted research on the photoperiodism of the rice plant. Among his findings, which were published only after the end of the war, was that the Elon-elon variety flowered during short days when there was less than 12 hours of light.^[5]

Velasco was also noted for his research on the physiology of the coconut, a common crop in the Philippines. He studied the mineral nutrition of areas planted to coconut, the development and utilization of coconut products, and the nature and cause of cadang-cadang, a disease that plagued the crop of small coconut farmers throughout the country.^[6] With respect to cadang-cadang, Velasco was skeptical of the still-prevalent view that the disease was viral in nature, and devoted considerable effort to prove his thesis that it was caused by an element in the soil that was toxic to the coconut plant.^[6]^[3]

Citations

In 1967, Velasco was appointed Commissioner of the National Institute of Science and Technology, a position he held for 10 years. Even though his duties were administrative in nature, he continued to work on various research projects using the NIST laboratories.^[7]

In 1998, Velasco was named a National Scientist of the Philippines by President Fidel Ramos. His official citation acknowledged, among others, his research in photoperiodism and on the physiology of the coconut plant.^[8]

Notes

^ Ongkiko, National Scientists of the Philippines, p. 86
^ Ongkiko, National Scientists of the Philippines, p. 87
^ ^a ^b Carandang, Aristotle P. "National Scientist Jose R. Velasco passes away, 90". National Academy of Science and Technology. Archived from the original on February 11, 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-30.
^ Ongkiko, National Scientists of the Philippines, p. 92
^ Ongkiko, National Scientists of the Philippines, p. 88
^ ^a ^b Ongkiko, National Scientists of the Philippines, p. 89
^ Ongkiko, National Scientists of the Philippines, p. 90
^ Ongkiko, National Scientists of the Philippines, p. 85

References

Ongkiko, Ila Virginia C. (2000). National Scientists of the Philippines (1978-1998). Pasig City, Philippines: Anvil Publishing. pp. 85–96. ISBN 971-27-0932-9.
Carandang, Aristotle P. "National Scientist Jose R. Velasco passes away, 90". National Academy of Science and Technology. Archived from the original on February 11, 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-30.

External links

DOST - National Academy of Science and Technology: Jose R. Velasco

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1986	Julian Banzon, Chemistry Dioscoro L. Umali, Agriculture & Rural Development
1987	Jose Encarnacion, Jr., Economics Luz Oliveros-Belardo, Phytochemistry
1988	Alfredo Lagmay, Experimental Psychology
1989	Paulo Campos, Nuclear Medicine
1994	Pedro B. Escuro, Genetics & Plant Breeding Clara Lim-Sylianco, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry
1998	Dolores Ramirez, Biochemical Genetics & Cytogenetics Jose R. Velasco, Plant Physiology
1999	Gelia T. Castillo, Rural Sociology
2000	Bienvenido Juliano, Biochemistry
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2004	Onofre Corpuz, Political Economics & Government
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2008	Teodulo Topacio Jr., Veterinary Medicine
2010	Mercedes Concepcion, Demography Ernesto Domingo, Internal Medicine/ Gastroenterology Perla Dizon Santos Ocampo, Pediatrics
2011	Raul Fabella, Economics Bienvenido Nebres SJ, Mathematics
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2019	Emil Q. Javier, Agriculture
2023	Carmencita Padilla, Medical Genetics/Pediatrics
2024	Romulo Davide, Plant Pathology and Nematology
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