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IN 1939, Thimann1 recorded in a discussion on the growth of roots: “The amount of auxin normally in these roots is not far from the optimum for their growth, so that further addition could be expected to accelerate growth only slightly”. A marked increase in the root growth induced by indole-acetic acid should be obtained only if the supply of the acid in the root is less than the optimum; thus distinct increases have been produced with decapitated roots depleted of their own source of indole-acetic acid2. However, experiments with Lepidium sativum3, Linum usitatissimum4 and Artemisia absinthium5 have shown that it is possible to accelerate the root-growth of germinating seeds.
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MOEWUS, F., MOEWUS, L. Sensitivity of Cress Roots to Indole-Acetic Acid. Nature 170, 372 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/170372a0
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