Yang, Shang Fa, 1932-2007.
楊祥發

Vice-President, Academia Sinica (Taiwan)

Emeritus Professor of Vegetable Crops and Biochemist, University of California, Davis

agricultural chemist from Taiwan

 

Honors:

Member, U. S. National Academy of Sciences
Member, Academia Sinica (Taiwan)

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow, 1982

honorary Doctor of Science degree, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 1999
 

Education:
B.S. - National Taiwan University - Agricultural Chemistry - 1956
M.S. - National Taiwan University - Agricultural Chemistry - 1958
Ph.D. - Utah State University - Plant Biochemistry - 1962
 

Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica (Taiwan)

Research Interests:
Biosynthesis of the plant hormone ethylene and its regulation. The role of ethylene in plant senescence. Postharvest biochemistry of fruits and vegetables. Metabolism of selenium in plants.
 

Research Techniques:
Isolation, purification, and characterization of enzymes; isolation and analysis of mRNA; cloning of cDNA; gene amplification with polymerase chain reaction; and gas chromatography
 

Publications:
Yang SF, Hoffman NE (1984) Ethylene biosynthesis and its regulation in higher plants. Ann Rev Plant Physiol 35:155-189.