Erhard Hiltner

Erhard Hiltner (born May 24, 1893 in Tharandt ; † September 17, 1934 in Munich ) was a German agricultural scientist . From 1922 he worked at the Bavarian State Institute for Plant Production and Plant Protection in Munich. His main research interests were the nutritional physiology and the metabolic pathology of agricultural crops.

Life

Erhard Hiltner, Lorenz Hiltner's eldest son , attended grammar school in Munich and since 1913 studied agricultural and natural sciences at the Technical University and the University of Munich . In 1914 he volunteered for the army. After the end of the First World War he continued his interrupted studies and received his doctorate in 1922 at the University of Munich with a dissertation on the physiological effect of the nutrient element manganese on the growth of cultivated plants. From 1922 he worked at the Bavarian State Institute for Plant Production and Plant Protection in Munich. In 1929 he was appointed government councilor and on April 1, 1934, he was entrusted with the management of the biological department of this institution.

Above all, Hiltner has examined the relationships between soil and climate factors and the occurrence of physiological disturbances in agricultural crops. His contributions to tau research should be emphasized , in particular his findings on the physiological significance of water uptake by the aboveground plant organs. He continued the experiments carried out by his father in the fields of seed dressing and seed inoculation with new questions. The value of phenological observations for the practice of crop production was also an important field of research for him. Several of his works touch on questions of human health at the same time. His contribution, published in 1929, " Phenology and its significance for the climatic treatment of pollen allergy " is noteworthy . The complete list of his scientific publications comprises 58 titles, including several articles in manuals.

Hiltner died at the age of 42 from the effects of appendicitis and peritonitis.

Publications

• The physiological effect of manganese on the growth of plants with particular reference to oat dry spots . Diss. Phil. Univ. Munich 1922.
• Lorenz Hiltner: Plant protection sorted by months. Instructions for gardeners, farmers, fruit tree growers, etc. 2nd edition newly published by Eduard Hiltner, reworked together with K. Flachs and A. Pustet. Publishing house Eugen Ulmer Stuttgart 1926.
• The phenology and its importance with special consideration of the phenological observations on winter rye in Bavaria during the years 1917 to 1923 . Verlag Datterer Freising-Munich 1926 = Science and Agriculture H. 8.
• The phenology and its importance for the climatic treatment of pollen allergy . In: The pollen allergy - hay fever, hay fever, hay asthma by MJ Gutmann. Verlag der Ärztliche Rundschau Munich 1929, pp. 94–128.
• The dew and its importance for plant cultivation. A theory about the physiological importance of water uptake by aboveground plant organs . In: Scientific Archive for Agriculture Dept. A, Archive for Plant Cultivation Vol. 3, 1930, pp. 1-70.
• Water culture and vegetation experiment . In: Handbook of plant nutrition and fertilizer theory. Edited by F. Honcamp. Vol. 1, Plant Nutrition, Julius Springer-Verlag Berlin 1931, pp. 623-686.
• Climate and weather as causes of non-parasitic diseases . In: Sorauer's Handbook of Plant Diseases Vol. 1. The non-parasitic and virus diseases, Part 1, Verlag Paul Parey Berlin 1933, pp. 318–474.

literature

• A. Strobel: Government Councilor Dr. Erhard Hiltner † . In: Practical sheets for plant cultivation and plant protection NF Vol. 12, 1934/35, pp. 201–206 (with picture and list of publications).

Web links

• Literature by and about Erhard Hiltner in the catalog of the German National Library