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RECENT experiments in this laboratory have shown that an electrical potential wave travels down a decapitated Avena sativa coleoptile as a result of applying 3-indole acetic acid to the top. A similar wave is observed when the top of an intact coleoptile is illuminated.
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Went, F. W., and Thimann, K. V., ‘Phytohormones’ (Macmillan, New York, 1937).
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NEWMAN, I. Electrical Determination of Transport of 3-Indole Acetic Acid in Avena. Nature 184, 1728–1729 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841728a0
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