Skip to main content
Plant Physiology logoLink to Plant Physiology
. 1968 Dec;43(12):1973–1977. doi: 10.1104/pp.43.12.1973

The Auxin Induced Curvature of Citrus Petals

Eliezer E Goldschmidt 1
PMCID: PMC1087113  PMID: 16656998

Abstract

The curvature of citrus petals was studied, using petals implanted in an agar-sucrose medium. Applications of indoleacetic acid and p-chlorophenoxyisobutyric acid and determinations of endogenous auxins indicate that the bending of citrus petals is an auxin-mediated process.

Full text

PDF
1973

Images in this article

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Goldschmidt E. E., Monselise S. P. Native growth inhibitors from citrus shoots. Partition, bioassay, and characterization. Plant Physiol. 1968 Jan;43(1):113–116. doi: 10.1104/pp.43.1.113. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Nitsch J. P., Nitsch C. Studies on the Growth of Coleoptile and First Internode Sections. A New, Sensitive, Straight-Growth Test for Auxins. Plant Physiol. 1956 Mar;31(2):94–111. doi: 10.1104/pp.31.2.94. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Plant Physiology are provided here courtesy of Oxford University Press

RESOURCES