Scientist > Katharina Hofer

Katharina Hofer

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// is a doctoral student in the Chair of Phytopathology at TUM

// She completed her undergraduate studies in land usage and followed this with a master’s in agricultural science

// Her research since then has included work on the Fusarium complex in barley

Contact: schmidt@succidia.de

How can we safeguard the quality of our beer?

From the barley to the bottle - von Prof. Dr Michael Rychlik, Katharina Hofer, Dr Martina Gastl, Katharina Habler, Cajetan Geißinger, Dr Michael Hess

Beer is an integral part of German culture. Not only because of the German "Beer Purity Law" (Reinheitsgebot) it is that we associate the drink with concepts such as “traditional”, “wholesome” and “additive-free”. As a cereal product, however, beer is subject to the same conditions that affect the cultivation, storage and processing of other cereal crops. One of the problems with which almost all cereal products are confronted is...