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In order to understand better the relationship between auxin structure and activity on morphogenesis and cell elongation, six different auxins were tested on the regeneration of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Miller var. Alice) from cotyledons and on pea (Pisum sativum L. var. Alaska) stem elongation. The auxins were: indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), indole-3-butyric acid (IBA), 1, 2-benzisoxazole-3-acetic acid (BOA), 1,2-benzisothiazole-3-acetic acid (BIA), 1-naphthalenacetic acid (NAA), 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D). All these compounds obey the minimum requirement rules for auxin activity and all were effective on cell elongation. At the dose of 10 μM and in the absence of cytokinin, they all, except 2,4-D, induced roots, while in the presence of cytokinin they induced shoots, roots, hairy root-like filaments (HRLF) or callus depending on their concentration. The morphogenetic pattern did not change by varying cytokinin concentration. We conclude that auxin structure plays a minor role in morphogenesis or cell elongation, because it is only responsible for variations in the level of auxin activity.
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Branca, C., Bucci, G., Domiano, P. et al. Auxin structure and activity on tomato morphogenesis in vitro and pea stem elongation. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 24, 105–114 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00039738
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