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- Sachs conceived of organisms as complexes of mechanisms that contributed to the continued existence of the organism and its reproduction into new organisms. As a discipline, physiology demonstrated which mechanisms contributed to those two processes, describing those mechanisms’ characteristics.
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Here we highlight key insights, with particular emphasis on Sachs' detailed discussion of sexual reproduction at the cellular level and his endorsement of Darwinian evolution. Keywords: Charles Darwin; Julius Sachs; botanical history; evolution; physiological botany; plant physiology.
May 17, 2018 · By virtue of a reliance on detailed empirical observation and the rigorous application of chemical and physical principles, it is fair to say that the publication of these two monumental works...
Using an elegant experimental approach involving iodine to treat leaves from con-specifics grown in sunlight and in the dark, Sachs (1865) proved his concept of how plants use sunlight to manufacture their living substance.
Jun 7, 2010 · Julius von Sachs helped establish plant physiology through his experiments in latter nineteenth-century Germany. Sachs infused the inchoate discipline of plant physiology with experimental techniques and a mechanistic stance, both of which cemented his place as one of the discipline’s founders.
(Ferndinand Gustav) Julius von Sachs. 1832-1897. German botanist who contributed much to the field of plant physiology. Sachs described how plant root hairs function and stated that absorbed water moves through tubes in plant walls without the aid of living cells.
May 17, 2018 · The year 2018 marks the 150th anniversary of the first publication of Julius von Sachs' (1832–1897) Lehrbuch der Botanik ( Textbook of Botany ), which provided a comprehensive summary of what was then known about the plant sciences. Three years earlier, in 1865, Sachs produced the equally impressive Handbuch der Experimental-Physiologie der ...
Apr 1, 2018 · Key insights from Julius von Sachs' Lehrbuch der Botanik are highlighted, with particular emphasis on Sachs' detailed discussion of sexual reproduction at the cellular level and his endorsement of Darwinian evolution.
