What are auxins?

Q: What are auxins?


A: Auxins are a class of plant hormones or plant growth substances that coordinate many growth and behavioral processes in the plant's life cycle.

Q: What is the role of auxins in plant growth?


A: Auxins play an important role in the coordination of many growth and behavioral processes in the plant's life cycle, and they are essential for plant body development.

Q: Who first described the role of auxins in plant growth?


A: The Dutch scientist Frits Warmolt Went was the first to describe the role of auxins in plant growth.

Q: Who isolated auxin and found its chemical structure to be indole-3-acetic acid (IAA)?


A: Kenneth V. Thimann isolated auxin and found its chemical structure to be indole-3-acetic acid (IAA).

Q: Did Went and Thimann co-author a book on plant hormones?


A: Yes, Went and Thimann co-authored a book on plant hormones called Phytohormones, in 1937.

Q: Are there synthetic auxins?


A: Yes, there are synthetic auxins.

Q: Can synthetic auxins be used as herbicides?


A: Yes, in big doses, synthetic auxins can be used as herbicides. Agent Orange, for example, is a mixture of synthetic auxins.

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