Horst Peissker

Horst Peissker or Horst Peißker (born 18 October 1927)[1] was a German biochemist, inventor and business executive in the pharmaceutical and chemical industry. He was a researcher at Schering AG, and was a member of the company's senior management as head of its research and production facility in Wolfenbüttel (now Bayer CropScience).[2]

He was a co-inventor of several patents in crop protection, notably on the use of phosphoric acid esters as a pest control agent,[3] miticides,[4] use of phenyl-carbamate derivatives in combating insects and acarids,[5] and synergistic pesticidal compositions containing carbamates and phosphates.[6]

He obtained a doctorate (Doktoringenieur) at Technische Universität Berlin in 1957, with the dissertation Darstellung und Reaktionen N-substituierter Aminosäuren.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Rückblick auf das Jahr: Wolfenbütteler Chronik". Verwaltungsbericht 1997 der Stadt Wolfenbüttel (PDF). Wolfenbüttel: Stadtverwaltung Wolfenbüttel. 1997. p. 91. Der frühere Schering-Direktor Dr. Horst Peißker wird 70 Jahre alt
  2. ^ International Corporate 1000 Yellow Book: 1990, p. 276
  3. ^ Method of producing a product having a base of phosphoric acid esters suitable for use as a pest control agent, US 3069453 A
  4. ^ Miticides, US 3502778 A
  5. ^ Method of combating insects and acarids with certain phenyl-carbamate derivatives, US 3336186 A
  6. ^ Synergistic pesticidal compositions containing carbamates and phosphates, US 3193452 A
  7. ^ Darstellung und Reaktionen N-substituierter Aminosäuren, Katalog der deutschen Nationalbibliothek