Plant Growth Substances 1970 pp 624-632 | Cite as
The Role of Basal and Apical Factors in the Coordination of Growth in the Stems of White Clover (Trifolium repens L.)
Abstract
The cause of the inability of most isolated stem apices to grow and the role of roots as stimulators of their growth are problems which remain unresolved. They are closely related to other problems of plant growth coordination. During the first forty years of this century some notable investigations were made into these problems (e.g. Child and Bellamy 1919, Snow 1925, Went 1938, 1943), the earlier of which were made in ignorance of plant growth factors and the later of which attempted to determine the role of auxin in coordination. A sound understanding of the basic problems of coordination derived from these studies.
Keywords
White Clover Apical Region Parent Plant Leaf Primordia Fibre DevelopmentPreview
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