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Subject Index 



Auxin ( continued ) 

 inactivation, 141, 169 



by soil, 54 

 induced 



decrease in heat coagulability, 360 

 growth 



mechanism of, 307 

 role of respiration, 323 

 interaction with 



AA, on metabolism, 730 

 AA and DHA (Pisum), 731 

 GA, 646 



mechanisms, 589, 590 

 metabolic basis, 611 

 metallic ions, 363 

 interconvertible, 25 

 Kogl's, 43 



precursors in algae, 33 

 sparing action, 455 



structure of auxins and related com- 

 pounds, 450 

 synergistic action, 259, 289 

 GA light efFect, 611 

 TJ (tomato juice) on cultures 

 Helianthus, 691 

 Scorzonera hispanica, 691 

 transport 



in Coleus, 404, 405 

 polar movement, 411 

 in shoots, 397 

 in vascular tissues, 404 

 rate in Helianthus and Malus. 403 

 relation to cell length, 401, 402 

 saturation, efFect in Coleiis, 406 

 tropisms, stimulation of, 543 

 Auxinology, 5, 819 

 Avena, 237, 240, 242 



coleoptile, 44, 98, 106, 131, 138, 223, 

 225, 226, 307 

 curvature tests, 46, 48, 49, 52, 67, 



97, 98 

 elongation, 367 

 extract analysis, 97 

 lAA induced growth 



deformation by applied weight, 



314, 315 

 efFect calcium ion concentration, 



312, 313 

 efFect potassium ion concentration, 



313 

 pectic synthesis, 320 

 reorientation cellulose microfibrils, 

 32 

 relation auxin transport to cell 



length, 402 

 section, efFect AA. 726 

 curvature response curves, 412 

 leaf base section test, 660, 661 



technique of test, 657, 658, 659, 660 

 root growth, 739 

 sativa 



straight growth, 260 

 straight-growth method, 26 

 Avocado = Persea 



Azaserine ^ AZS ( tumor inhibiting anti- 

 biotic), 649, 650 

 AZS = azaserine (tumor inhibiting an- 

 tibiotic ) 



B 



Bacterial contamination control by strep- 

 tomycin, 75 

 Bakanae efFect, 465 

 Bambusa multiplex, 64 

 Barley 



fixation of C"02, 767 

 mobility of 2,4-D, lAA, and AT in, 797 

 seedling roots, uptake labeled, 798, 799, 

 800 



Basipetal auxin transport in 



Arachis gynophore, 403 



Helianthus of lAA, IBA. and NAA. 413 



Phaseolus hypocotyl, 400, 402 

 BCN = -^-(indole-3-) butyronitrile 

 Bean = Phaseolus 

 Bean bending, 790 

 Bean factors = BF, 475 

 Bean factor I = BFI, 475, 476, 479 

 Bean factor II = BFII, 475, 476, 480, 490, 



496. 497 

 Bean leaf, 792, 793 

 Bean stem section, 275 

 Beets, 782 

 Bellis perenitis, 525 

 Benzimidazole, 329, 345 

 Benzofuran as antioxidant, 345 

 Benzoic acids, substituted, 257 



efFect chemical structure on growth, 249 



indices of auxin and chemical activitv, 

 250 

 Benzthiophene as antioxidant, 345 

 Bermuda grass regrowth, 791 

 Beta vulgaris, 525 

 BF = bean factors 

 Bile pigments as antioxidants, 345 

 Bioassay 



method of Nitsch, 58 



of Pisum extract, 48 



of TJ fractions, 695 

 Biochemical analyses of auxin, 173 

 Biochemical gradients in Lens roots, 172 

 Biochromatograms, 174 

 Biochromatographic analyses. 174 

 Biophysics of cell growth, 381 

 Bios, 18 



in TJ. 687 

 Biotin, 605 

 Blastocholine 



as growth inhibitor, 699 



in tomato juice (TJ), 688 

 Blechnoids, 710 



BMe = methyl -y-(indole-3-) butyrate 

 BNH2 = -,-(indole-3-^ butyramide 

 Bombyx niori, 10. 12. 65 

 Bonding between microfibrils cell wall 



and matrix, 381 

 Brassica, 52, 94 



antioxidant growth promotion in, 347 



extract of, 46, 50 



indole-3-propionic acid in, 94 



napus, auxins in, 51 



oleracea var. sabauda, extracts of, 51 



rapa = turnip, 345 



seed germination, 350 

 (2-Bromoethvl) trimethvlammonium bro- 

 mide = TMA. EBr, 779 

 p-Bromophenylhydrazine antioxidant, 346 

 2-BrPOA, 220, 223 

 3-BrPOA, 220 

 4-BrPOA. 220. 224, 225 

 4-BrPOP(±), 220 

 Bryophyllum, 18 

 Bud growth, 661 



Buds, growth substance and chilling, 95 

 Buds of Acer pseudoplatanus. 96 

 Butyl ester 2,4-D, 330, 331, 336 

 5-n-Butylpicolinic acid = fusaric acid, 466 

 Bz-hydroxy-o-aminoacetophenones, 214 



Ca<= transport in apricot, 388, 389, 391, 



392 

 Caffeic acid in TJ and lAA, 699, 700 

 Calcium 



as growth inhibitor, 365 

 interaction with EDTA, 271 

 translocation in apricot, 387, 389, 390, 

 391 



