Ernst Münch
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Ernst Münch (26 November 1876 – 9 October 1946) was a German plant physiologist who proposed the
Pressure Flow Hypothesis The pressure flow hypothesis, also known as the mass flow hypothesis, is the best-supported theory to explain the movement of sap through the phloem. It was proposed by Ernst Münch, a German plant physiologist in 1930. A high concentration of orga ...
in 1930. He studied in
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, and then in
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with
Robert Hartig Robert Hartig (born: Heinrich Julius Adolph Robert Hartig, 30 May 1839, in Braunschweig – died 9 October 1901, in Munich) was a German forestry scientist and mycologist. Biography He was educated at the Collegium Carolinum of Braunschweig, ...
. He worked in a number of fields including
forest pathology Forest pathology is the research of both Biotic stress, biotic and Abiotic stress, abiotic maladies affecting the health of a forest ecosystem, primarily Fungal infection in plants, fungal pathogens and their insect vectors. It is a subfield of ...
, resin production, and fungi. He is best known for the phloem pressure flow hypothesis.


Works

* ''Untersuchungen über Immunität und Krankheitsempfänglichkeit der Holzpflanzen'', Dissertation, Ludwigsburg 1909 (doctorate thesis) * ''Die Stoffbewegungen in der Pflanze'', Jena 1930 * ''Beiträge zur Forstpflanzenzüchtung. Versuche einer Auslesezüchtung durch Einzelstamm-Absaaten bei Fichte. Weitere Beiträge zur Forstpflanzenzüchtung'' us dem wissenschaftlichen Nachlass herausgegeben von Bruno Huber München 1949


Further reading

* E. Höxtermann: ''Ernst Münch''. In: Ilse Jahn (Hrsg.): ''Geschichte der Biologie. Theorien, Methoden, Institutionen, Kurzbiografien''. 3. Auflage, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg 2000, S. 909 (Nachdruck Nikol, Hamburg 2004, ) *
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: ''Ernst Münch''. In ders.: ''Hundert bedeutende Forstleute Bayerns (1875 bis 1970)''. Mitteilungen aus der Staatsforstverwaltung Bayerns. Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Forsten, München 1994, S. 242–243 20th-century German botanists 1876 births 1946 deaths German foresters Plant physiologists {{forestry-researcher-stub