Ludwig Bergmann (botanist)

Ludwig Bergmann (born June 5, 1927 in Breslau ) is a German botanist and university professor .

biography

Bergmann is the son of the physicist Ludwig Bergmann . He submitted his doctoral thesis in botany in 1955 in Marburg and his habilitation thesis in 1963 in Göttingen . Until 1967 he worked as a researcher in the German Research Foundation (DFG) and as a private lecturer at the Plant Physiological Institute of the University of Göttingen . In 1967 he was appointed professor at the Botanical Institute of the University of Cologne . 1974 to 1975 Bergmann was Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences there.

Works (selection)

Bergmann has published works on plant physiology, especially works with tissue cultures of Nicotiana tabacum , Juniperus and Daucus carota .

• Comparative studies on the influence of mineral factors in the heterotrophic and mixotrophic diet of Chlorella. In: Flora or general botanical newspaper . Volume 142, Fischer, Jena 1955, pp. 493-539, also: Dissertation, Marburg 1955
• The influence of kinetin on lignin formation and differentiation in tissue cultures of Nicotiana tabacum . In: Planta . Volume 62, Springer, Berlin and Heidelberg 1964, pp. 221-254, also habilitation thesis, Göttingen 1963
• with Annedore Bälz: The influence of colored light on the growth and composition of plant tissue cultures. In: Planta . Volume 70, Springer, Berlin and Heidelberg 1966, pp. 285-303
• with Christel Berger: Color light and plastid differences in the storage tissue of Solanum tuberosum L. In: Journal of Plant Physiology . Volume 56, 1967, pp. 439-445
• Growth of green suspension cultures of Nicotiana tabacum var. "Samsun" with CO ₂ as a carbon source. In: Planta . Volume 74, Springer, Berlin and Heidelberg 1967, pp. 243-249
• with W. Grosse and HG Ruppel: The formation of serotonin in Juglans regia L. In: Planta . Volume 94, Springer, Berlin and Heidelberg 1970, pp. 47-59
• with Wolfgang Grosse and Peter Koth: Influence of ammonium and nitrate on nitrogen metabolism, malate accumulation and malate enzyme activity in suspension cultures of Nicotiana tabacum var. «Samsun». In:  Journal of Plant Physiology. Volume 80, 1976, pp. 60-70.