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Index 



Anion respiration, 136 

 Anti-auxin, 5, 165, 175 

 abscission effect, 113 

 cinnamic acid, 165 

 dichloroanisole, 167, 171, 259 

 epinasty, 169 

 flowering effects, 259 

 isobutyric acids, 158 

 kinetics, 169 

 mode of action, 166 

 reversed by auxin, 166 

 therapeutic effects, 174, 299 

 Antibiotics, 163 



auxin synergism, 300 

 Anthracene, 154 



Apical dominance, 100, 101, 169, 264, 300 

 chemical control, 101, 301 

 leaf effects, 101 

 maleic hydrazide effect, 172 

 Apple, 111, 237 



early maturation, 295, 296, 298 

 fire blight, 300 

 fruit drop, 242 

 herbicides, 292 

 pigmentation, 126 

 Apple canker, 299 

 Apricot, 246 

 fruit drop, 252 

 fruit size, 294 

 hastened maturity, 296 

 Arginine, 108 

 Arsenate, 182 



Arsenical herbicides, 288, 293 

 Artichoke, Jerusalem, 185 

 Ascorbic acid, 14, 91, 163 

 Ascorbic oxidase, 130 

 Ash dormancy, 266 

 Aster, 66 



Autoradiograph, 145 

 Auxin, bound, 13, 18, 61, 66, 179 

 defined, 4 

 destruction, 14 

 determining, 18 

 diffusible, 64 

 extent of influences, 10 

 release of, 13, 181 

 root formation, 203 

 Auxin, free, 13, 17, 18, 61, 64, 66 

 determining, 18 

 dormancy effects, 65 

 germination effects, 65 

 root formation, 203 

 Auxin a, 4, 7, 8, 69, 158 



phototropic role, 98 

 Auxin b, 4, 7, 8, 69, 127, 158 

 Auxin complexes, 71 . - 



Auxin receptor complex, 176 

 Auxin stability, 70 

 Auxinyl CoA, 180 

 Avena, auxin in, 71 



distribution of auxin, 61 

 Avena coleoptile, growth rate, 19, 38 



polarity, 81 



respiration, 128 



tropisms, 96 

 Avena Einheit, 28 

 Avena straight-growth test, 35, 36. See 



also Straight-growth tests 

 Avena test, 7, 18, 58, 152 



agar concentration, 23 



environmental controls, 20 



light effects on, 19 



polarity factor, 18 



variability, 26 

 Avocado, 297 



Bacitracin, 163 

 Bacterial inhibition, 299 

 Bacterium globijorme, 199 

 Bananas, 298 

 Barley, 258, 277 



Bean, 44, 63, 66, 70, 145, 150, 228 

 anatomical responses, 120 

 auxin persistence, 194 

 epinasty, 122 

 lentil, 100 

 lethal changes, 276 

 parthenocarpy, 221 

 Beet, 63 



sugar, 253, 260 

 Begonia, 210 

 Bentonite, 256 

 Benzoic acids, 155, 286, 300 

 Benzothiazole-2-oxyacetic acid, 219 

 Bicarbonate, 16 

 Biennial bearing, 231 

 Bindweed, 292 



Bioelectric potentials, 84, 97, 99 

 Bisulfite aldehyde test, 78 

 Black button, 273 

 Bolting, 260, 303 

 Boron, 143, 213 

 Bolrytis cineraea, 299 

 Bound auxin, see Auxin, bound 

 Branching, see Apical dominance 



roots, 101 

 British Anti-Lewisite, 267, 300 

 Brittle stems, 291 

 Brussels sprouts, 54, 70 

 Bryophyllnm, 210 

 Buds, 61, 95 



differentiation, 105, 210, 211 



