Rudolf Stösser

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Rudolf Stösser (born January 10, 1938 in Schorndorf ; † September 24, 2004 ) was a German agricultural scientist, particularly of flowers and fruit biology, he was professor of fruit and vegetable growing at the University of Hohenheim .

Live and act

After graduating from high school in 1957, Stösser completed an apprenticeship as a gardener in Schorndorf, which was followed in 1960 by studying horticulture at the Faculty of Horticulture and Landscaping at the Technical University of Hanover with various internships in fruit growing companies abroad. The diploma examination took place in 1963. From 1964 Stösser initially worked as an assistant, after receiving his doctorate as a Dr. sc. agr. works as an assistant at the Institute for Fruit and Vegetable Growing at the University of Hohenheim. After two years abroad as a Fulbright scholar at Michigan State University (USA), he completed his habilitation in 1971 in the field of fruit growing and applied botany in Hohenheim. He took up the professorship in this department in 1973 and remained until his retirement in 2003.

Main research areas

Flowers and fruit biology; Questions about the formation of separating tissue in fruits and processes of fruit ripening

Memberships

  • Association for Applied Botany
  • German and international horticultural science society
  • German Dendrological Society

Publications (selection)

  • Stösser, R., Rasmussen, HP, Bukovac, MJ: A histological study of abscission layer development in cherry fruits during maturation. J. Amer. Soc. Hoard. Sci. 94, 239-243
  • Stösser, R .: The autoradiographic localization of the 14C activity after application of labeled sugars in the gum formation of sweet cherries. Horticultural science 43, 231-235
  • Stösser, R .: The pollen tube growth in vitro and in vivo in Prunus domestica L. Zeitschrift Pflanzenzuchtung 88, 261–264
  • Gerlach, HK, Stösser, R .: Patterns of random amplified polymorphic DNAs for sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.). Angew. Botany 71, 212-218

literature

personal data
SURNAME Stösser, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German agricultural scientist, particularly in fruit and horticulture
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Schorndorf
DATE OF DEATH September 24, 2004