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'''Christiane Volger''' (1917–2008) was a German forest scientist at [[University of Göttingen]] who undertook some of the early physiological studies of the effect of herbicide on bracken in the 1960s.

'''Christiane Volger''' (1917–2008) was a German forest scientist at [[University of Göttingen]] who undertook some of the early physiological studies of the effect of [[herbicide]] on bracken in the 1960s.

==Education and personal life==

==Education and personal life==

==Forestry career==

==Forestry career==

From 1943 to 1948 Volger worked at the Royal Prussian Forestry Academy as a research assistant to Julius Oelkers, head of the Institute for Silviculture (''Institut für Waldbau'') within the academy (later University of Göttingen). She continued as a research assistant under his successor, Adolf Olberg. In 1954 she was awarded her doctorate for a dissertation on the history of forestry in the Oedelsheim an der Weser region, a topic suggested by Olberg.

From 1943 to 1948 Volger worked at the Royal Prussian Forestry Academy as a research assistant to Julius Oelkers, head of the Institute for [[Silviculture]] (''Institut für Waldbau'') within the academy (later University of Göttingen). She continued as a research assistant under his successor, Adolf Olberg. In 1954 she was awarded her doctorate for a dissertation on the history of forestry in the Oedelsheim an der Weser region, a topic suggested by Olberg.

Her own research then moved into forest protection, especially applications of [[Plant pathology|phytopathology]]. She studied treatments to protect conifer seedlings from disease and also the fungi that caused these diseases. In 1962 Volger brought these studies together a series of publications '' Methods of Soil Disinfection and its Importance for the Cultivation of Forest Plants'' (''Verfahren der Bodenentseuchung und ihre Bedeutung für die Anzucht von Forstpflanzen''). She also researched regeneration of land after plantations were cleared, particularly control of bracken. She studied the biology of the fern and how [[aminotriazole]] herbicides were translocation by the plant. This involved the use of [[radioactive tracer]]s and [[Paper chromatography|paper chromatographic]] methods to follow the plant processes. She supervised the research of over 20 students leading to the award of doctoral degrees during her research into these subjects.

Her own research then moved into forest protection, especially applications of [[Plant pathology|phytopathology]]. She studied treatments to protect conifer seedlings from disease and also the fungi that caused these diseases. In 1962 Volger brought these studies together a series of publications '' Methods of Soil Disinfection and its Importance for the Cultivation of Forest Plants'' (''Verfahren der Bodenentseuchung und ihre Bedeutung für die Anzucht von Forstpflanzen''). She also researched regeneration of land after plantations were cleared, particularly control of bracken. She studied the biology of the fern and how [[aminotriazole]] herbicides were translocation by the plant. This involved the use of [[radioactive tracer]]s and [[Paper chromatography|paper chromatographic]] methods to follow the plant processes. She supervised the research of over 20 students leading to the award of doctoral degrees during her research into these subjects.