Auxins and Plant Growth

A. Carl Leopold

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Auxins and Plant Growth

A. Carl Leopold

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1955

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Life Sciences Plant Science

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
PREFACE Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
PART ONE. FUNDAMENTALS OF AUXIN ACTION
I. DEVELOPMENT OF KNOWLEDGE OF AUXINS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
II. AUXIN EXTRACTION AND MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	13
III. THE OCCURRENCE AND ROLE OF GROWTH HORMONES IN PLANTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	60
IV. DEVELOPMENTAL EFFECTS OF AUXINS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	94
V. PHYSIOLOGICAL AND ANATOMICAL EFFECTS OF AUXIN APPLICATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	114
VI. FACTORS ALTERING EFFECTIVENESS OF AUXIN APPLICATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	137
VII. THE CHEMICAL NATURE OF GROWTH REGULATORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	152
VIII. THEORIES OF THE MECHANISM OF AUXIN ACTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	175
PART TWO. AUXINS IN AGRICULTURE
IX. METHODS OF APPLYING AUXINS AND THEIR PERSISTENCE IN PLANTS AND SOILS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	189
X. ROOTING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	202
XI. PARTHENOCARPY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	215
XII. FLOWER AND FRUIT THINNING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	231
XIII. CONTROL OF PRE-HARVEST FRUIT DROP Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	242
XIV. FLOWERING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	253
XV. DORMANCY AND STORAGE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	263
XVI. HERBICIDES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	274
XVII. MISCELLANEOUS USES OF AUXINS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	294
XVIII. POTENTIALS OF AUXINS AND AUXIN RESEARCH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	304
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	309
APPENDIX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	342
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	343

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9780520315716

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3th printing, Reprint 2020

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368

https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520315716

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biology; botany; growth; life sciences; plant growth; plant physiology; plant sciences

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