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- 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.
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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 marked the beginning of what can be called "modern-day" plant science.
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.
May 17, 2018 · Three years earlier, in 1865, Sachs produced the equally impressive Handbuch der Experimental‐Physiologie der Pflanzen (Handbook of Experimental Plant Physiology), which summarized the state...
May 17, 2018 · Using an elegant experimental approach involving iodine to treat leaves from conspecifics grown in sunlight and in the dark, Sachs ( 1865) proved his concept of how plants use sunlight to manufacture their living substance.
- Ulrich Kutschera, Karl J. Niklas
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Sachs was especially distinguished for his part in the development of plant physiology which marked the latter half of the 19th Century. He is noted for the following: 1. Laying the foundation of knowledge of micro chemical methods and the morphological and physiological details of germination. 2.
Jul 6, 2015 · Julius Sachs frequently referred to “lower plants” (bryophytes etc.) to describe basic principles of growth and reproduction. Morphology of part of the thallus of a mature liverwort ( Marchantia polymorpha ) (gametophyte), without stalked sporophytes (archegonia).
