More than 70 years after biologists identified the powerful plant hormone auxin, they have finally found how plant cells detect it.
Auxin plays a role in just about every aspect of plant growth, from roots to shoots. Gardeners use auxin-containing products to coax cuttings to take root and overdoses of auxin to kill weeds.
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