Index 



349 



Injury by auxin, 290, 291 

 Insecticides, 193 

 lodoacetate, 67 

 Ion-exchange resins, 54 

 Isomers, 159, 219 

 Isopropyl alcohol, 51 



Jerusalem artichoke, 185 

 Johnson grass, 281 

 June drop, 238 



Kalanchoe, 121, 210 

 Kanota oats, 21 

 Kawalki tables, 55 

 Kerosene, 144 

 Kinetics, 169, 176, 177 

 indoleacetic oxidase, 173 



Lactone, 91, 173 



herbicide effect, 186, 276 

 Lamella, middle. 111, 243 

 Langmuir trough, 280 

 Lanolin, 119, 140 



emulsion, 191 



paste, 46, 47, 191 

 Lateral movement, 84 

 Layering, 209 

 Leaching, 197 

 Leaf, abscission, 303 



distortion, 123 



mold, 200 



movement, auxin assay use, 47 



repression test, 43, 58 



shape, 279 

 Leaves, auxin from, 63, 75, 101 



role in flowering, 107 



role in fruit-set, 217, 225 



rooting effect, 213 

 Lemon, 109 



delayed maturity, 248, 296 



fruit drop, 246, 251 



rooting, 206 



storage, 263, 273 

 Lentil bean, 100 

 Lettuce, 303 



Light, auxin effectiveness, 97, 138, 150, 

 292 



complexity of effects, 91 



destruction of auxin, 74, 85 



eosin effect, 92 



far-red, 75 



formation of auxin, 73, 97 



growth effects, 36, 38, 86, 91, 99 



morphological effects, 19, 24, 30, 212 



movement of auxin, 84, 142 



phototropism, 96 



red, 36. 75 



ultraviolet, 89 

 Lily, 120, 210 

 Lime in soil, 197 

 Lime fruits, 294, 298 

 Lineweaver-Burk analysis, 169, 177 

 Lipophily, 176 

 Liquid air, 17 

 Litchi, 253, 260 

 Locules, 229 

 Lumichrome, 91 

 Lyophilization, 16 



Macrocystis, 63 



Male sterility, 260 



Maleic hydrazide, 172, 186, 300 



abscission effect, 303 



apical dominance effect, 172, 301, 302 



dormancy effect, 172, 268 



flowering effect, 259 



herbicide, 289 



indoleacetic oxidase effect, 172 



metabolic effect, 172, 249 



synergist, 172 



reverses auxin inhibition, 171 

 Malic acid, 127 

 Manure, 201 

 Marcotting, 209 

 Maturation, fruit, 295 



delayed, 248, 251, 296 



hastened, 226, 296 



sensitivity to auxin, 64 

 Mechanical injury, 289 

 Mechanization, 306 

 Meristem, auxin in, 60, 66 

 Mesocotyl inhibition, 19, 24, 36 

 Mesophyll inhibition, 122 

 Metabolic effects, 126, 185 

 Metabolism, oxidative, 184 

 Methylchlorophenoxyacetic acid, 147, 

 278, 283, 292 



microbial destruction, 199, 200 

 Micro-organisms, growth inhibition, 273, 



299 

 Middle lamella. 111, 243 

 Mitochondria, 130, 179 

 Mobilization of nutrients, 230 

 Moisture and herbicides, 279, 292 

 Mold, 300 

 Molecular structure, 116, 15.'? 



ring effects, 153 



side-chain effects, 156 

 Molecular weight determination, 51, 57, 



68 

 Monoxide, carbon, 174, 202 

 Morning glory, 275 



