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Jørgen Løhde: In Memoriam Barley breeder PhD Jørgen Juul Hansen Løhde passed away in Landskrona, Sweden on July 12, 2008. He is survived by his wife Anne Marie and daughters Christina and Maria, son-in-law Andreas, his two sisters, his brother and their families. Jørgen Løehde (JL) was born March 20, 1948 on the island of Fyn in Denmark. He became interested at an early age in farming and agricultural research. After internships at Trollsminde Research Farm and Idagård Farm in Slagelse, followed by education at Lyngby Agricultural School and military service at the Royal Guard in Copenhagen, JL studied at the Royal Veterinary & Agricultural University (RVAU), Denmark. He received his degree in agriculture in 1974, and continuing his studies obtained his PhD in 1977 with a dissertation on timothy. Through 1981, he worked
at RVAU as a lecturer, as well as co-researcher on the project, “Multi-line Varieties in Barley.” This involved cross-breeding of some 30 genes for mildew-resistance into the well-adapted variety Pallas, work which subsequently has been widely used within plant breeding research. In 1981, JL began his lifelong employment at Weibulls of Landskrona, Sweden. For the first two years, he headed up the company’s breeding station in Great Britain, where he among other things took over responsibility for a successful winter wheat program. The well-known wheat variety Sleipner got listed during these years in amongst other countries England and Denmark. JL carried out the demanding task of stock maintenance and seed multiplication for production in an exemplary manner. In 1983, Weibulls called JL back to Sweden, where he became the deputy breeder for the comprehensive barley breeding program, for which he took over full responsibility in 1986. Together with senior breeders Göran Ewertson and Per Lundin, he stood behind the development of internationally successful varieties such as Kinnan, Goldie, Maud, Mentor and Meltan. Among JL’s more recent developed varieties is Pongo, which in addition to Sweden has spread throughout Lithuania; and Cecilia and Gomera which have been marketed even in Spain. The varieties Tofta and Maaren were bred for the starch industry in Finland as well as Denmark. The jewel in the crown of JL’s many contributions to variety development is his breeding of the extremely high-producing variety Gustav, which today is the most cultivated feed barley variety in Sweden. JL also had great interest in improving the quality of malt barley for both the beer and whisky industries. Currently under propagation are two of JL’s unique malt whisky varieties, Makof and Catriona. JL’s strong leadership qualities were put to good use by the company when, from 1995 to 2006, he served as head of the Cereal Breeding Department at Svalöf Weibull. JL was respected and appreciated both in Sweden and internationally, in the plant breeding community as well as in the malt and brewery industries. He represented Sweden in the European Brewery Convention. He was active in the organizational committee for the International Barley Genetics Symposium held in Helsingborg in 1991 and several other professional meetings & congresses; and was also active within the Nordic Agricultural Research Association and Eucarpia. JL was very much a family man, even though barley breeding took much of his time during the growing season. He also gave much of his energy to his beloved hobbies of hunting and hunting dogs. No meeting, business trip or other activity could collide with the Swedish moose hunting season for JL. He was chair of Svalöf Weibulls’ hunting club, and his family bought a farm, his beloved Gustavslund, with hunting fields in the southern Swedish province of Småland. We who have had the privilege of working for many years with JL will remember him as a competent, loyal and thoughtful colleague, with warm humor and great professional and social competence. He was a skillful, respected and stimulating leader; and always, a trustworthy and thoughtful friend. We will deeply be missing Jørgen Løhde. Gunnar Svensson, Morten Rasmussen och Therese Christerson, Sweden
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