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IT has been demonstrated that auxins influence the ability of bacteria to induce plant tumours1, and that kinetin in the presence of auxin can substitute for extracts of tumours in the production of tumours on isolated tobacco pith tissue2.
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SCHAEFFER, G. Tumour Induction by an Indolyl-3-Acetic Acid-Kinetin Interaction in a Nicotiana Hybrid. Nature 196, 1326–1327 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1961326b0
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