Dioscoro Lopez Umali (November 17, 1917 – July 1, 1992) was a Filipino agriculturalist and National Scientist of the Philippines awardee, known as "the Father of Philippine Plant Breeding.
"[3][4][5] He was awarded several international honors and distinctions for his outstanding achievements and improvements of rice, corn and other economic plants.
The International Rice Research Institute named a laboratory in his honor.
[2] Umali died on July 1, 1992, at the Makati Medical Center in Makati.
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