Fritz Noll

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Fritz Noll (27 August 1858 in

botanist who made contributions in the field of plant physiology
.

He studied

University of Halle
.

He is known for being the first to identify the phenomenon of parthenocarpy and coin the term.[1]

Published works

With Eduard Strasburger, Heinrich Schenck and Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper, he was co-author of "Lehrbuch der Botanik für Hochschulen", a book that was later translated into English with the title of "A Text-book of Botany" (1898).

Other noted works by Noll include:

  • Experimentelle Untersuchungen über das Wachstum der Zellmembran, 1887 - Experimental research on the growth of the cell membrane.
  • Über heterogene Induktion; Versuch eines Beitrags zur Kenntnis der Reizerscheinungen der Pflanzen, 1892 - On heterogeneous induction, etc.
  • Das Sinnesleben der Pflanzen, 1896 - The "mental life" of plants
  • Julius von Sachs : ein Nachruf, 1897 - Obituary of Julius von Sachs
  • Ueber Geotropismus, 1900 - On
    geotropism
  • Über das Etiolement der Pflanzen, 1901 - On etiolation of plants
  • Zur Keimungs-Physiologie der Cucurbitaceen, 1901 - Germination-physiology of Cucurbitaceae.
  • Zur Controverse über den Geotropismus, 1902 - Controversy concerning geotropism
  • "Fruchtbildung ohne vorausgegangene Bestaubung (Parthenokarpie) bei der Gurke". Gesellschaft für Natur- und Heilkunde zu Bonn. 1; 1902: 149–162.
  • Beobachtungen und Betrachtungen über embryonale Substanz, 1903 - Observations and considerations on embryonic substance.
  • "Algae and related subjects - collected works", translated into English in 1893.[3]

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