Abstract
The role of indolylacetic acid (IAA) in influencing the movement of radiophosphorus from a remote locus has been investigated in the decapitated stems of Pisum sativum (var. Meteor) and disbudded shoots of Populus robusta. It has been shown after only a few hours that the radioisotope accumulates at the region where the auxin was applied. By steam-girdling experiments with pea, it was established that auxin-induced transport occurs via the phloem and other obserbations suggest that this effect may be independent of growth. When tri-iodobenzoic acid was applied together with IAA at the stump or to the surface of the stem between the IAA source and the injection point of the tracer, the transport of 32P along the stem was greatly reduced. Of a number of auxin-type substances tested, only naphthoxyacetic acid gave a comparable response to that obtained with IAA, whilst other growth regulators such as kinetin or gibberellic acid did not stimulate 32P transport.
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