190 Obituary

Obituary Prof. Dr. Dieter Treutter

On May 7, 2016, the academic community specializing in pomology 
and food quality lost an outstanding colleague. 

After studying Horticultural Sciences at the Technical University 
of Munich (1976 - 1982), Dieter Treutter received his Ph.D. (1985) 
under the supervision of Prof. Walter Feucht. In 1992, he earned 
his lecturer degree in Pomology after submitting a postdoctoral 
thesis about catechins and proanthocyanidins and their impact for 
fruit grower and consumers at the Technical University of Munich. 
Thereafter, he worked for 2 years (1996 - 1997) as a postdoctoral 
scholar at the University of Salamanca at Spain. He then joined 
the faculty at the Technical University of Munich (1997 - 1999) as 
Assistent Professor. In 1999, he was appointed Associate Professor 
at the Technical University at Munich. He was mainly responsible 
for the establishment of the Horticultural Sciences at the Technical 
University of Munich. After his successful and dedicated work as a 
chair of pomology at the Technical University of Munich, he served as 
President of the German Society for Quality Research of Plant Food 
(DGQ) for eight years (1995 - 2003). For his scientific impact he has 

been awarded with three awards and an honorary doctorate (Dr. h.c.) 
für pomology by the Corvinus University at Budapest (Hungary).

His professional interests were mainly focused on polyphenols for 
food quality, plant resistance and human health. His expertise in 
pomology continues to be highly achnowleged in scientific journals 
where he served as a Section Editor for the Journal of Applied Botany 
and Food Quality (JABFQ). According to the Web of Science, he 
published about 175 original papers. He was a dedicated teacher in 
the area of pomology and food quality and the students loved him 
for his friendly and open personality. He will be deeply missed in 
the scientific community of pomology. We honor his scientific 
achievements in pomology and food quality and will always keep 
him in our memory.

 Karl H. Mühling Hartwig Schulz
 (President DGQ)   (Editor JABFQ)