Kurt Siebert
Kurt Siebert (born September 25, 1906 in Kaiserslautern , † July 28, 1995 in Murnau am Staffelsee ) was a German crop scientist .
Siebert studied agriculture in Jena and Munich from 1927 to 1930 and then worked in practice for three years, including on an Allgäu pasture farm. From 1933 to 1936 he worked as an assistant to Friedrich Berkner at the Institute for Plant Cultivation and Plant Breeding at the University of Breslau . In 1935 he received his doctorate in Wroclaw with a dissertation on the feed value of the shaggy vetch .
From 1936 to 1943 Siebert headed the propagation department at IG Plant Breeding in Munich, from 1950 to 1968 the testing center of the Bundessortenamt in Weihenstephan , then the one in Eder am Holz near Erding . At the same time, since 1950 he was the head of the department responsible for the registry tests for grass and clover varieties as well as for oil and fiber plants. His book, published in 1975, " Criteria of forage plants including lawn grasses and their evaluation for variety identification based on practical experience and scientific knowledge " is still one of the standard works of the specialist plant literature.
Honors
- 1971: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
literature
- Dr. Kurt Siebert † . In: Nutrition Service Vol. 50, No. 64, edition of August 16, 1995, p. 8.
Web links
- Literature by and about Kurt Siebert in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Siebert, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German crop scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kaiserslautern |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 28, 1995 |
| Place of death | Murnau am Staffelsee |