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A cytokinin test with high specificity

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A cytokinin bioassay based on bud formation in 10-cell-long caulonema filaments of Funaria hygrometrica is described. The test has high specificity and sensitivity; is completed in 2 days; exhibits linearity between cytokinin concentration in the medium and bud number; and no buds are formed in the absence of a cytokinin.

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  1. Institut für Botanik, Technische Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Heinz Hahn & Martin Bopp

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  1. Heinz Hahn
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Hahn, H., Bopp, M. A cytokinin test with high specificity. Planta 83, 115–118 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00385140

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