Auxin was isolated from tips of coleoptiles of

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Auxin was isolated by F. W. Went from tips of coleoptiles of oat seedlings.
According to the Went theory, plant tropism in shoots is due to the unequal distribution of the growth regulator, auxin, in response to light (phototropism). He isolated auxin from the coleoptile tips of oat seedlings.

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