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Plant Growth-Regulating Activity in Certain Carboxylic Acids not Possessing a Ring Structure

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FAWCETT, C., WAIN, R. & WIGHTMAN, F. Plant Growth-Regulating Activity in Certain Carboxylic Acids not Possessing a Ring Structure. Nature 178, 972–974 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/178972a0

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