Heinrich Graepel

Heinrich Graepel (born May 9, 1951 in Martfeld ) is a German agricultural scientist and university professor for phytopathology and entomology . As an internationally committed crop protection specialist, he is also connected to the German-Romanian training center for agriculture in Voijteg . The Agricultural and Veterinary University of Banat (USAB-TM) awarded him an honorary doctorate for his decades of research and teaching in Romania.

biography

After his school days in Martfeld, Graepel completed an agricultural apprenticeship in Hölingen and attended the agricultural vocational school. He then started his studies at the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences with a degree as an engineer for agriculture (1972). He studied at the Justus Liebig University in Gießen , where he graduated in 1977 with a degree in agricultural engineering. In the following time as an assistant at the Institute for Phytomedicine and Applied Entomology, he worked on his dissertation: Investigations on the economic damage threshold of grain aphids and the effect of some insecticides on natural aphid enemies , with which he was awarded a Dr. agr. in Giessen.

The studies were followed by activities at Rhône-Poulenc Agro as regional technical manager and as head of crop protection development as well as project management in Germany and neighboring Eastern European countries (1980–1999). Gräpel then moved to Bayer CropScience in Germany as head of field research (2000–2008).

Since 2009, Gräpel has been a consultant to various organizations in the field of agricultural testing and training for test operators for crop protection, partly together with Karl Fritz Lauer and Ciprian George Fora . Gräpel has been visiting professor at the USAB-TM in Timisoara since 1991 and at the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences since 2011. The USAB-TM named him Dr. hc

Gräpel lives in Martfeld and is civically involved in the museum association, in particular for the maintenance of the Fehsenfeldsch mill.

Research areas

• Entomology in Agriculture and Forestry
• Insect environmental interaction including invasive species
• Plant protection management in agriculture and horticulture

Research engagements

• 3 national research projects of Romania as partners
• Coordinator in 6 international research projects

Memberships

• Member of the German Phytomedical Society eV (DPG)
• Member of the German Society for General and Applied Entomology (DGaaE)
• Member of the German Beekeeping Association
• Member of the editorial board in JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE, FORESTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Publications

• Gräpel published over 30 articles in international journals

Web links

• Grapel, Berker: Proceedings of the Biometric Society
• Investigations by Karl Fritz Lauer and Heinrich Graepel on control measures against the corn rootworm PDF accessed on April 12, 2020
• Influence of different tillage methods on the population development of Diabrotica virgifera virgifera

literature

• Agricultural University of the Banat: Report 60 years of the Agricultural University in Temeschburg / Timisoara 2005 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Heinrich Graepel in the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences
2. ↑ Heinrich Graepel is active in the Martfelder Heimat- und Beautification Association for mill technology
3. ↑ Heinrich Graepel honored in Martfeld