heteroauxin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of heteroauxin
Example Sentences
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Heteroauxin has the astonishing effect of making roots sprout from the stem in shaggy masses like beards.
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Eastman Kodak Co. was selling a near chemical kin of heteroauxin�indole-3n-propionic acid.
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This is called Auxin A. In 1934 the Utrecht researchers followed with Auxin B and heteroauxin.
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Dr. Link had found a plant hormone called heteroauxin, previously found elsewhere, in the nodules of red kidney beans.
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Dr. Link succeeded in inducing galls by application of heteroauxin, keeping the bacterium away from the scene of operation.
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