Volker Roemheld (born 22 November 1941 in Schwaig near
Nuremberg
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, died 27 November 2013 in
Stuttgart
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) was a German agricultural scientist, plant physiologist and soil biologist at
Hohenheim University.
Biography
After attending school Volker Rhoemheld studied chemical engineering at the Ohm Polytechnic in Nuremberg, followed by an appointment in the pharmaceutical firm Dr. R. Pfleger Chemie in Bamberg (1960-1964). He then absolved an apprenticeship in gardening in
Kassel
Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel and the district of the same name and had 201,048 inhabitants in December 2020 ...
(assistant’s examination 1966) and went on to study horticulture at the Technical
University of Berlin
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative o ...
(1966-1970). He won a stipendium from the German National Academy and visited
Leeds University
, mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased
, established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds
, ...
to work in the Institute of Botany under Prof. H.W. Woolhouse on the theme: Iron uptake by various chlorosis-resistant ecotypes. After his return in 1972 he became a Scientific Assistant at the Institute for Plant Nutrition at the Technical University of Berlin, continued his research and obtained a Dr. sc. agr. degree in 1979 with a dissertation: Mechanisms of Uptake and Storage of Iron Chelates by higher plants. In 1979 he started as Scientific Assistant at the Institute for Plant Nutrition at
University of Hohenheim
The University of Hohenheim (german: Universität Hohenheim) is a campus university located in the south of Stuttgart, Germany. Founded in 1818, it is Stuttgart's oldest university. Its primary areas of specialisation had traditionally been ...
. In 1988 he qualified as Lecturer in Plant Nutrition and in 1992 became Professor. From 1996 he was also Visiting Professor at
China Agricultural University
China Agricultural University (CAU, ; abbreviated as 农大) is a public research university in Beijing, People's Republic of China specializing in agriculture, biology, engineering, veterinary medicine, economics, management, humanities ...
, Beijing,
China
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. He retired in 2006.
Research focus
Function, uptake and fertilization of micronutrients, genotypical differences in nutrient preference (in particular P and micronutrients); significance of
Bioeffector A bioeffector is a viable microorganism or active natural compound which directly or indirectly affects plant performance (biofertilizer), and thus has the potential to reduce fertilizer and pesticide use in crop production.
Types
Bioeffectors ...
s and rhizosphere processes on nutrient preference and plant health; plant nutrition in ecological agriculture; plant nutrition in the tropics and sub-tropics; ecological aspects of fertilization (nitrogen, heavy metals); phytoremediation; recycling of agricultural and industrial waste products; scientific cooperations with England, Hungary, Israel, USA, Canada, Japan, China, Brasil, Thailand and New Zealand.
Publications
Roemheld was involved in ca. 300 publications, mostly in international scientific journals.
Volker Roemheld’s publications are on the server of Hohenheim University
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Membership and honorary positions
*German Society of Plant Nutrition (DPG)
*German Society of Agriculture (DBG)
*Society of Experimental Botany (SEB)
*American Society of Plant Physiology
*American Society of Agronomy
*American Society of Soil Sciences
*American Society of Crop Sciences
Editorial boards
*J. Plant Nutrition
*Bio Metals
*Plant and Soil
*Biology and Fertility of Soils
Regular referee for the following journals:
*Plant Physiology
*New Phytologist
*J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sciences
*J. Exp. Botany
*Scientia Horticulturae
*Vitis
*J. Plant Physiology
References
External links
* ttp://www.bio-effector.eu/publications.html Publications of Volker Roemheld on the Webpage Bio-Effector.eubr>Publications on the Webpage Soils Science Germany
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1941 births
2013 deaths
German agronomists
Scientists from Nuremberg
Academic staff of the University of Hohenheim