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THE process of rooting of cuttings has proved to be a very complex problem. A good deal of work has shown that root-formation on stem and leaf cuttings depends on many factors, of which auxin and carbohydrate are the most important1,2,3. This work has enabled many investigators not only to produce, more quickly, more numerous roots on cuttings which normally root easily, but also to induce root-formation on cuttings which normally do not root. Thus Cooper4,5, Hitchcock and Zimmerman6, and many others have obtained excellent root-formation on cuttings of many economically important plants by application of auxin alone or with sugar solution.
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SAID, H., SHOUSHAN, A. Root-formation on Cuttings of Plants which Normally do not Root. Nature 155, 791 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155791a0
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