Phototropic movement of plants is one of the important problems in plant physiology. With his study on phototropie response of the Avena coleoptile, Went discovered the first photohormone(auxiu), and suggested that th...Phototropic movement of plants is one of the important problems in plant physiology. With his study on phototropie response of the Avena coleoptile, Went discovered the first photohormone(auxiu), and suggested that the curvature was elicited by the asymmetric distribuion of auxin content between the light and dark sides. This is well known as the Cholodny-Went theory to explain the causc of phototropism and geotropism in plants.展开更多
文摘Phototropic movement of plants is one of the important problems in plant physiology. With his study on phototropie response of the Avena coleoptile, Went discovered the first photohormone(auxiu), and suggested that the curvature was elicited by the asymmetric distribuion of auxin content between the light and dark sides. This is well known as the Cholodny-Went theory to explain the causc of phototropism and geotropism in plants.