Shang Fa Yang

Shang Fa Yang (Chinese: 楊祥發; pinyin: Yáng Xiángfā; November 10, 1932 – February 12, 2007) was a Taiwanese-American botanist.

He was awarded the 1991 Wolf Prize in Agriculture and was elected a member of the US National Academy of Sciences the year before.

He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in agricultural chemistry at the National Taiwan University.

Yang was known for his research that unlocked the key to prolonging freshness in fruits and flowers.

In 1991, he was awarded the Wolf Prize in Agriculture "for his remarkable contributions to the understanding of the mechanism of biosynthesis, mode of action and applications of the plant hormone, Ethylene.