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EVIDENCE for the presence of growth substances in the root extract of water hyacinth (Eichhornia speciosa Kunth), presumably related to the rapid multiplication of the weed, has been reported previously from this laboratory1. A comparison of the effects of the extract with those of indole acetic acid or gibberellic acid indicated a different substance or substances present in the extract.
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Sircar, S. M., and Kundu, Maya, Sci. and Cult., 24, 332 (1959); Physiol. Plant., 13, 56 (1960).
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SIRCAR, S., RAY, A. Growth Substances separated from the Root of Water Hyacinth by Paper Chromatography. Nature 190, 1213–1214 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/1901213b0
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