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Dr Domingo E. Angeles, Professor of the Crop Science Cluster (CSC), has been appointed as the new Dean of the College of Agriculture (CA) effective July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2011. A BS in Agriculture (major in Horticulture) graduate in 1978, Dr. Angeles obtained his MS and PhD degrees in the same field (with focus on plant nutrition) also from UPLB in 1981 and 1988, respectively. He finished his post-doctoral degree from the University of Georgia, Athens in Oct. 1988 to July 1989 and from the University of Hawaii in August - September 1989.
His early work experience dates back in 1973 to 1976 wherein he worked as student assistant, research aide and survey enumerator during his undergraduate years. He started his promising career as instructor in the Dept. of Horticulture, CA in 1977. He also served as chairman, organizer, member and coordinator in various programs and committees of UPLB, other government and private agencies and professional organizations/societies.
As a professor in the CA and the Graduate School at UPLB, he taught academic courses in crop production, plant propagation and nursery management, organic horticulture, plant growth, inorganic plant nutrition, stress physiology and advance plant physiology. He served as thesis/major practice adviser or advisory committee member for undergraduate (BS) and graduate (MS and PhD) students in Horticulture.
Aside from his teaching responsibilities, Dr. Angeles spearheaded numerous research activities on plant nutrition and crop production as well as management of various fruit and ornamental crops. His research has produced several technologies namely: sampling techniques for diagnosis of N requirements of papaya, pineapple and banana using the rapid nitrate test; critical sap NO3 level in papaya, pineapple and banana; Diagnosis and Recommendation Integrated System for banana and pineapple; use of low ethrel concentration for Queen pineapple and correction of lumpy fruit disorder in papaya using nitrate test method. From his researches, he came up with 28 scientific papers in refereed and non-refereed publications, four poster papers, two books, 15 chapters in a book, 22 technical bulletins, four training manuals and a lecture syllabus.
Aside from his teaching and research responsibilities, extension was also his “cup of tea”. Since 1984, his expertise in fruit crop production and nursery management, orchard establishment and management was duly recognized in and out of UPLB. He served as coordinator and resource person in various trainings, seminar-workshops, conferences and symposia.
He was also recognized for his contribution to agriculture through the adoption of the technology on the use of low concentration of ethephon to induce flowering in pineapple which was found effective under local conditions. It has eventually led many growers in Southern Tagalog and Iloilo to shift to the use of this concentration; thereby realizing substantial savings and addressing the lumpy fruit disorder of papaya through boron fertilization (by foliar or soil feeding).
His contribution to science and technology was recognized by the Philippine Fruit Association (PFA) by bestowing on him the Service Award in 2003 and the PFA Achievement Award in Teaching in 2007. His monograph titled “Go Global, Grow Royal Fruits of the Tropics”, which he co-authored with Dr. Leon O. Namuco, was selected as the 2003 Outstanding Monograph by the National Academy of Science and Technology.
His administrative achievements included serving as Head of Fruit Crops Division, Dept. of Horticulture from 1999-2006; Chairman of the Dept. of Horticulture from 1991-1997 and Associate Dean of the College of Agriculture from 1999-2002. Prior to his appointment as CA Dean, he was the Head of the Fruit Crops Section and the Crop Production and Management Division of CSC.
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