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Correlation between Endogenous Auxin and its Destruction in vivo by 2 : 4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid in Plants

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SEVERAL investigators have recently pointed out the accelerating effect of 2 : 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) on the destruction of auxin in dicotyledonous plants1–3. In addition, one group3 has revealed that the opposite effect prevails in oat coleoptile sections, that is, 2,4-D effects a prevention or ‘sparing action’ of the previously reported destruction of indolylacetic acid in oat coleoptiles4.

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HENDERSON, J., DEESE, D. Correlation between Endogenous Auxin and its Destruction in vivo by 2 : 4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid in Plants. Nature 174, 967–968 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/174967b0

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