Autor/-in: Schlegel Rolf H. J.

Rolf H. J. Schlegel, PhD, DSc. , is a professor of cytogenetics and plant breeding with over 40 years of experience in research and teaching advanced genetics and plant breeding in Germany and Bulgaria. Professor Schlegel has authored more than 200 research papers and other scientific contributions, co-coordinated international research projects, and been a scientific consultant at the Bulgarian Academy of Agricultural Sciences for several years. He earned his master's in agriculture and plant breeding and his PhD and DSc in genetics and cytogenetics from the Martin Luther University, Halle/S. , Germany. His latest book contributions include Dictionary of Plant Breeding. (2009), 2nd ed. (Taylor & Francis, Inc. , New York), Concise Encyclopedia of Crop Improvement: Institutions, Persons, Theories, Methods, and Histories. (2007) (Haworth Press, New York).