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Stimulation of Adventitious Root Formation by Fungal Metabolic Products

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IN an attempt to elucidate the contradicting views concerning the nature and properties of Fusaria metabolic products responsible for cotton and tomato wilts, certain substances (stimulating for adventitious root formation) have been detected in the fungal filtrates. These experiments have been originally carried out with the aim of testing the two following points.

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MOSTAFA, M., NAÏM, M. Stimulation of Adventitious Root Formation by Fungal Metabolic Products. Nature 162, 575–576 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162575b0

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