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Hypocotyls of detached stems standing in culture solution produced adventitious roots sooner than did petioles of detached primary leaves. An auxin, probably indol-3-ylacetic acid, appeared in the solutions before the hypocotyls or petioles produced roots. After attaining a maximum, the amounts of auxin in the solutions decreased as fewer roots were formed. Two cytokinins were found in the culture solutions; one had a similar Rf to zeatin, the other ran more slowly on chromatograms. The amounts of cytokinin in the solutions were associated with root formation. Stems soon died unless their hypocotyls formed roots, but the primary leaves survived without roots forming provided a callus formed on the petiole. Hence adventitious roots, or callus tissues, may have produced cytokinins that replaced those produced by the original roots, found in sap exuded from the stem stumps, and were essential for survival of the stems and leaves.
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Wheeler, A.W. Auxins and cytokinins exuded during formation of roots by detached primary leaves and stems of dwarf French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Planta 98, 128–135 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00385345
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