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A Colorimetric Test for Gibberellic Acid and Evidence from a Dwarf Pea Assay for the Occurrence of a Gibberellin-like Substance in Wheat Seedlings

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A RECENT communication by McComb and Carr1, reporting the use of a dwarf pea bioassay for naturally occurring gibberellins, prompts this report of some results of an experiment designed to investigate whether gibberellic acid occurs naturally in etiolated wheat seedlings.

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  1. McComb, A. J., and Carr, D. J., Nature, 181, 1548 (1958).

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SIMPSON, G. A Colorimetric Test for Gibberellic Acid and Evidence from a Dwarf Pea Assay for the Occurrence of a Gibberellin-like Substance in Wheat Seedlings. Nature 182, 528–529 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182528b0

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