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Ralph Gretzmacher
NationalityAustria
Alma materUniversität für Bodenkultur, Wien
Known forPlant breeding
Botany
Scientific career
FieldsAgronomy
Soil Science
Zoology
InstitutionsVienna University of Life Sciences

Ralph Gretzmacher is an Austrian scientist, professor of botany, zoology and an expert on tropical and subtropic agronomy.

The Austrian Representative for the European Coordination Group to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,[1] he was a former Head of the Austrian Delegate to Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research,[2] he completed his doctoral studies from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna in 1968.[3]

Career

Gretzmacher has published scientific and academic papers for more than 40 years in the field of soil science and agronomy in Europe[4]. He won the Adolf Schärf Prize in 1974.[5]

In 2006, Gretzmacher lead the project called Benefiting from an improved agricultural portfolio in Asia by the European Commission of the European Union (EU)[6]; formerly, he also lead agricultural research projects in Namibia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Palestine and various other countries in Europe and Asia,[7] as well as serving as a member of the Austrian Council of Asean-European University Network.[8]

Bibliography

Lectures (Unpublished)

  • Gretzmacher, R. (2003): Grundlagen und Entwicklung der Landwirtschaft in der 3. Welt. Vorlesung im Lehrgang für Akademische Orient-Studien and der Orient Akademie, 15.-17.05.2003, Wien, Österreich
  • Gretzmacher, R. (2003): International agriculture with respect to geographic environment. Vorlesung, Sokrates/Ersamus-Dozentenmobilität, 25.09.2003, Süd-Böhmische Universität Budweis, Ceske Budejovice, Tschechien
  • Owino, J., R. Gretzmacher (2002): Performance of Narrow Strips of Vetiver Grass (Vetiveria zizanioides) and Napier Grass (Pennisetum purpureum) as Barriers against Runoff and Soil Sediment Loss on a Clay Loam Soil (Andosol) in Kenya. Deutscher Tropentag, 9.-11. Oktober 2002, Universität Kassel, Witzenhausen, Deutschland
  • Vollmann, J., T. Moritz, H. Wagentristl, P. Ruckenbauer, R. Gretzmacher (2001): Genetic improvement of oil content in camelina. Annual Meeting, Crop Science Society of America, 21.-25. Okt. 2001, Charlotte, NC, USA
  • Gretzmacher, R. (2000): Pflanzenbau: Technologien für die chinesische Landwirtschaft.. China-Informations-tage an der Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, 30. Mai 2000, Wien
  • Bozza, G., Gretzmacher, R., Vollmann, J. (1994): The influence of sunlight and heat on inoculation.. Poster, Technical Meeting of the FAO European Network on Soyabean, Padua/Italien, 23. September
  • Gretzmacher, R. , Schahbzian, N. (1994): Verbesserung der Eiweiß- und Ölversorgung im Iran durch Steigerung der Sojabohnenerträge mittels Optimierung der Inoculation mit Knöllchenbakterien und der organischen Düngung.. Endbericht Iran-Projekt Nr. 66, Kommission für Entwicklungsfragen bei der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
  • Vollmann, J., Gruber, H., Hanifi-Moghaddam, K., Gretzmacher, R., Ruckenbauer, P. (1992): New ideas to improve the efficiency of hybridization in soybean.. In: Reproductive Biology and Plant Breeding, Book of Poster Abstracts, XIIIth Eucarpia Congress, July 6-11, 1992, Angers, France, 307-308

See Also

Further Study

  • Bailey, A (2007). Crop genetic resources in European home gardens. Slovenia: Bioversity International. p. 86. ISBN 978-92-9043-810-6. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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