Prof. Dr. Hartmut Stützel

Hartmut Stützel
Professor of Vegetable Science
Leibniz Universität Hannover Institut of Horticultural Production Systems
Herrenhäuser Str. 2 - 30419 Hannover
  • +495117622635

Professional career

Professor of Vegetable Science (C4), Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany since 1993
Full Professor of Agronomy, Universität für Bodenkultur, Vienna, Austria 1992-1993
Habilitation in Agronomy at University of Hohenheim, Germany 1991
Research Scientist, University of Hohenheim, Germany 1987-1992
Postdoctoral Fellow, CSIRO Division of Tropical Crops and Pastures, Brisbane, Australia 1986-1987
Doctoral student, Institute of Agronomy, University of Hohenheim, Germany 1982-1985
Dipl.-Ing. agr., Agricultural Sciences, University of Hohenheim, Germany 1982
MS Agronomy, Kansas State University 1981

Academic functions

2011-2017 Vice chairman of the Senate Commission for Agroeecosystem Research of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
2011-2013 Member of the Senate, Leibniz Universität Hannover
2007- Chairman, Center for Business Administration in Horticulture (ZBG), Hannover
2007-2009 Dean, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Leibniz Universität Hannover
2005- Trustee, Horticultural Association of Kenya
2004-2012 Member of DFG Review Board 207 (Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine)
2002- Program Director, MSc in International Horticulture, Leibniz Universität Hannover
1998-2000 President, European Society for Agronomy
1998-2000 Vice President, International Crop Science Congress
1994-1996 Dean, Faculty of Horticulture, Leibniz Universität Hannover
Advisory Boards Leibniz Institut für Gemüse- und Zierpflanzenbau (IGZ) (2001-2015), Zentrum für Agrarlandschafts- und Landnutzungsforschung (ZALF), (2001-2009, chairman 2005-2009)
Editorial boards Associate editor: “Frontiers in Plant Science”
Editorial board: “European Journal of Agronomy”
Editorial board: “Journal für Kulturpflanzen”
Editor-in Chief: “German Journal of Agronomy” (1997-1999)

Selected Publications

  • Moualeu-Ngangue DP, Chen TW, Stützel H (2016). A modeling approach to quantify the effects of stomatal behavior and mesophyll conductance on leaf water use efficiency. Front. Plant Sci. 7:875. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00875.
  • Chen TW, Henke M, de Visser PHB, Buck-Sorlin G, Wiechers D, Kahlen K, Stützel H (2014) What is the most prominent factor limiting photosynthesis in different layers of a greenhouse cucumber canopy? Annals of Botany 114: 677-688.
  • Kahlen K, Stützel H (2011) Modeling photo-modulated internode elongation in growing greenhouse cucumber canopies. New Phytologist 190:697-708.
  • Wiechers D, Kahlen K, Stützel H (2011) Dry matter partitioning models for the simulation of individual fruit growth in greenhouse cucumber canopies. Annals of Botany 108: 1075-1084.
  • Wiechers D, Kahlen K, Stützel H (2011) Evaluation of light distribution of greenhouse cucumber using a 3D model. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 151: 906-915.
  • Schreiner M, Beyene B, Krumbein A, Stützel H (2009) Ontogenetic changes of 2-propenyl and 3-indolylmethyl glucosinolates in Brassica carinata leaves as affected by water supply. J. Agric. Food Chem. 57: 7259–7263.
  • Walter C, Stützel H (2009) A new method for assessing the sustainability of land-use systems (II): Evaluating impact indicators. Ecological Economics 68: 1288-1300.
  • Kahlen K, Wiechers D, Stützel H (2008) Modelling leaf phototropism in a cucumber canopy. Functional Plant Biol. 35: 876–884.
  • Liu F, Stützel H (2004) Biomass partitioning, specific leaf area, and water use efficiency of vegetable amaranth (Amaranthus spp.) in response to drought stress. Scientia Horticulturae 102: 15-27.
  • Charles Edwards DA, Stützel H, Ferraris R, Beech DF (1987) An analysis of spatial variation in the nitrogen content of leaves from different horizons within a canopy. Annals of Botany 60: 421-426.