The German Biology and agronomist Professor Dr. Dr. Bernhard Husfeld (1900-1970) studied at the Agricultural University of Berlin. In 1923, he became an assistant to Dr. Erwin Baur Erwin (1875-1933) at his Institute for Genetics Research. He was tasked with implementing the findings of genetics in vine breeding. In 1928, Baur established the Department of Vine Breeding in Müncheberg (Mark Brandenburg) as an external branch of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Breeding Research (KWI).
Baur introduced Resistance-Breeding and entrusted his assistant with it. Husfeld earned his doctorate in 1932 with a thesis on the breeding of plasmopara-resistant vines (Downy mildew). After Baur's death, Husfeld became the interim head of the institute in 1933 and, following the appointment of Dr. Wilhelm Rudorf (1891-1969) in 1936, his deputy. He initiated an extensive breeding program aimed at creating an “ideal vine.”.
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