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RENEWED interest in the physiological effects of ethylene has resulted from the suggestion that this hydrocarbon is a plant growth regulator1. Ethylene is a natural plant product which effects several important growth processes, notably the inhibition of longitudinal expansion and the promotion of lateral expansion of cells. Tuber initiation in Solanum species involves a lateral expansion of cells in the sub-apical region of the stolon2, so we have investigated the extent to which tuberization can be influenced by ethylene.
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CATCHPOLE, A., HILLMAN, J. Effect of Ethylene on Tuber Initiation in Solanum tuberosum L.. Nature 223, 1387 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2231387a0
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