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Auxins

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Biochemistry and Physiology of Plant Hormones

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The first type of plant hormone to be discovered was the auxins. The term “auxin” is derived from the Greek “auxein” which means “to grow,” and was proposed originally by Kögl and Haagen-Smit and by F. A. F. C. Went to designate a particular substance which had the property of promoting curvature in the Avena Coleoptile Curvature Test, which will be described later.

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