Albrecht E. Melchinger

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Albrecht Eugen Melchinger (born March 4, 1949 in Aalen ) is a German agricultural scientist and mathematician who has gained worldwide recognition as a population geneticist, was a professor for applied genetics and plant breeding at the University of Hohenheim and received the honorary title of senior professor from this university in 2020.

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After graduating from high school in Aalen in 1967, Melchinger completed his two-year military service in Dillingen an der Donau . He then began studying agricultural biology at the University of Hohenheim (1969–1971), which he continued in mathematics at the University of Stuttgart and graduated in 1976 with a diploma in mathematics. This was followed by a two-year course in Agronomy and Statistics at Iowa State University , Iowa, USA and a scientific activity from 1979–1984 as an employee at the Institute for Plant Breeding in Hohenheim with a doctorate in Dr. sc. agr. 1984. After a further 4 years at the Institute for Plant Breeding, Seed Research and Population Genetics, he completed his habilitation in the field of plant breeding in 1988 and worked as a visiting scientist at the Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University

In 1991 Melchinger was appointed professor for applied genetics and plant breeding at the University of Hohenheim. Even after his retirement in 2009, Melchinger remained active and was awarded the honorary title of senior professor by Rector Stephan Dabbert in 2020 .

Main research areas

  • Quantitative genetics of allo- and autogamous plant species; Breeding methodology; Resistance and quality breeding; Use of molecular markers in plant breeding; Cloning of genes; Meiotic recombination; Bioinformatics in Plant Breeding

Focus in teaching

  • General principles of plant breeding; Breeding methodology and selection methodology; Application of molecular markers in plant breeding

Administrative functions

  • 1995–2002 member of the Senate; 1994–1996 member of the Grand Senate; 1997-2000 Vice Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences I; 1997–1999 Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences I

Memberships and honors

Publications (selection)

  • Melchinger, AE: Expectations of means and variances of testcrosses produced from F2 and backcross individuals and their selfed progenies. In: Heredity 59, 1987. 105-115
  • Melchinger, AE: Use of RFLP markers for analyzes of genetic relationship among breeding materials and prediction of hybrid performance. In: Int. Crop Science I, 1993. 621-628
  • Melchinger, AE, Utz, HF, Schön, CC: QTL mapping using different testers and independent populations samples in maize reveals low power of QTL detection and large bias in estimates of QTL effects. In: Genetics 149, 1998. 383-402
  • Melchinger, AE: Genetic diversity and heterosis. In: The Genetics Exploitation of Heterosis in Crops ASA-CSSA, 1999. 99-118
  • Frisch, M., Melchinger, AE: The length of the intact donor chromosome segment around target gene in marker-assisted backcrossing. In: Genetics 157, 2001. 1343-1356

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ IDW-Nachrichten Senior professorship for Albrecht Melchinger
personal data
SURNAME Melchinger, Albrecht E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Melchinger, Albrecht Eugen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German agricultural scientist, especially for plant breeding
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Bask