| Abstract: | Higher plants generate active substances, termed phytohormones, having the character of tissue hormones. Some of these compounds have been isolated and identified, namely ethylene, heteroauxins, and gibberellic acids. Cell-elongation inhibitors have been detected, but not yet isolated or identified. Natural and synthetic substances with hormone-analogous effects and those with a hormone-antagonistic effect have become known; evidently, they act on the hormonal system of plants which regulates growth, differentiation, and development and can serve as model substances for as yet unknown phytohormones. Certain physiological phenomena suggest the existence of additional phytohormones. |
