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Wilhelm Knop

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German agricultural chemist and botanist

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According to Wikipedia, Wilhelm Knop was a German agrochemist and co-founder of modern water culture. Alongside Julius von Sachs, he identified nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and iron as essential elements for plant nutrition. Knop and von Sachs pioneered the use of standardized nutrient solutions in experimental plant physiology.

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