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Root initiation in Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek hypocotyl cuttings is stimulated by smoke-derived extracts

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Aqueous extracts of smoke, derived from Themeda triandra, a fire-climax grass, and Passerina vulgaris, a fynbos plant, stimulated root initiation and development in the hypocotyls of mung beans. Immersion time and the dilution of the smoke extracts were important in optimising the rooting response.

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  1. NU Research Unit for Plant Growth and Development, Department of Botany, University of Natal Pietermaritzburg, Private Bag X01, 3209, Scottsville, Republic of South Africa

    J. L. S. Taylor & J. van Staden

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Taylor, J.L.S., van Staden, J. Root initiation in Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek hypocotyl cuttings is stimulated by smoke-derived extracts. Plant Growth Regul 18, 165–168 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00024377

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