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Jan 10, 2022 · Contribution to the History of Photosynthesis: Julius Von Sachs. Julius von Sachs (1832 -1897). He was a German botanist and physiologist. He achieved fame for his authorship of several books which have been translated to English and became standard textbooks in general botany and plant physiology. He initiated experimental plant physiology and ...
Most important are his experiments, developing the concept of photosynthesis, that the starch -grains, found in leaf chloroplasts, depend on sunlight.
Dec 13, 2019 · The role of CO 2 in photosynthesis was shown by Jean Senebier (1782), whereas the synthesis of starch was shown by Julius von Sachs (1862, 1864). However, the involvement of chlorophyll (Chl) in this process has a long history.
- Alexandrina Stirbet, Dušan Lazár, Ya Guo, Ya Guo, Govindjee Govindjee
- 2020
4 days ago · In 1862 and 1864 he proved that the starch present in the chloroplasts results from the absorption of carbon dioxide, and he established that starch is the first visible product of photosynthesis.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 17, 2018 · Photographs of Julius von Sachs. Shown to the left is a portrait and signature of Sachs at the age of ca. 45 years. The inscription reads "Freiburg, August 22, 1868, Prof. Dr. J. Sachs" (adapted ...
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elected Sachs rector of the University of Würzburg in 1871, and the local government bestowed an order of nobility upon Sachs, per-mitting the addition of “von” before his family name. Julius von Sachs was an introverted, shy person who disregarded religion and political-philosophical speculations without factual basis.
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 ...
