Ernst Münch Explained

Ernst Münch
Birth Date:26 November 1876
Birth Place:Ruchheim
Death Date:9 October 1946 (aged 69)
Death Place:Lechbruck
Citizenship:German
Nationality:German
Field:Botany
Doctoral Advisor:Karl von Tubeuf
Known For:Pressure flow hypothesis

Ernst Münch (26 November 1876  - 9 October 1946) was a German plant physiologist who proposed the pressure flow hypothesis in 1930.[1]

He studied in Aschaffenburg, and then in Munich with Robert Hartig. He worked in a number of fields including forest pathology, resin production, and fungi. He is best known for the phloem pressure flow hypothesis.

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  1. Münch . Ernst . 1930 . Die Stoffbewegungen in der Pflanze . Verlag von Gustav Fischer, Jena . 234.