Friedrich Grossmann
Friedrich Großmann (born March 16, 1927 in Stuttgart ; † October 30, 2018 ibid) was a German agricultural scientist at the Institute for Phytomedicine (Hohenheim) .
Life
After high school graduation (1944) and agricultural apprenticeship, Großmann studied at the Hohenheim Agricultural University . With a doctoral thesis with Bernhard Rademacher , he was awarded a Dr. agr. PhD. He then worked as a research assistant for Walter Heinrich Fuchs at the Georg-August University in Göttingen. In 1962 he qualified as a professor for phytopathology .
In 1963 he accepted the position of professor and director of the Institute for Phytopathology at the University of Giessen . In 1970 he moved to Hohenheim as Rademacher's successor. As professor and director of the Institute for Plant Protection, he also served as dean of the agricultural science faculty from 1979 to 1981. In 1990 he retired.
Großmann's research fields were in particular extracellular enzymes of phytopathogenic fungi, the mode of action of fungicides and biological control of harmful fungi.
Memberships
- German Phytomedical Society (Chairman 1971–1975)
- American Phytopathological Society
- German Botanical Society
- International Society for Plant Pathology (President 1978–1983)
Honors
- Dr. Fritz Merck Prize 1963
- Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (March 23, 1990)
- Otto Appel commemorative coin (1990)
- Anton de Bary Medal (1997)
literature
- Theophil Gerber: personalities from agriculture, forestry, horticulture and veterinary medicine. Biographical Lexicon . NORA Verlagsgemeinschaft Dyck & Westerheide, Berlin 2008, ISBN 3-936735-67-0 .
- Journal of Plant Diseases and Plant Protection 97 (1990), pp. 117-119.
Web links
- Literature by and about Friedrich Großmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Department of Phytopathology at the University of Hohenheim
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Großmann in Hohenheim Professorenlexikon Ed .: Ulrich Fellmeth : The academic teachers at the University of Hohenheim 1968 - 2005 (with K. Quast), Stuttgart 2008 pdf
- ↑ Ralf T. Vögele ː Obituary for Prof. Dr. Friedrich Gro0mann In Phytomedizin Volume 48 No. 4 2018 p. 11
- ^ University of Hohenheim: Obituary for Professor Friedrich Großmann
- ↑ Dissertation: Investigations into the effects of green manure and previous crop on Ophiobolus graminis, the pathogen causing black-legged wheat
- ↑ Office of the Federal President
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grossmann, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German phytopathologist at the University of Hohenheim |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 30, 2018 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |