Definition of Indolebutyric acid

1. Noun. A synthetic plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.

Generic synonyms: Auxin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indolebutyric Acid

indole-3-acetaldehyde reductase
indole-3-acetamide hydrolase
indole-3-acetate beta-glucosyltransferase
indole-3-ethanol oxidase
indole-3-glycerol-phosphate synthase
indole acetic acid
indole test
indoleacetamide hydrolase
indoleacetic
indoleacetic acid
indoleacetic acid-lysine synthetase
indoleacetic acid oxidase
indoleacetic acids
indoleamine
indoleamines
indolebutyric acid (current term)
indoleethylamine N-methyltransferase
indolence
indolences
indolencies
indolency
indolenine
indolenines
indolent
indolent bubo
indolently
indolepyruvate decarboxylase
indolepyruvate ferredoxin oxidoreductase
indolequinone
indolequinones

Literary usage of Indolebutyric acid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biotechnology: Forestry and Forest Products. Bibliography January 92-January 95 by Raymond Dobert (1995)
"... acid or indolebutyric acid to the multiplication medium did not improve shoot proliferation rates, and naphthaleneacetic acid was detrimental. ..."

2. Tissue Culture: Plants : A Bibliography, January 1991-April 1993. by Henry Gilbert (1994)
"Shoots were induced to form roots when placed on MS medium containing 25 micromolar indolebutyric acid (IBA). Plantlets so formed were transplanted and ..."

3. Circular by Puerto Rico Federal Experiment Station, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station (Mayaguez) (1918)
"Treating the leafy cuttings with a relatively high concentration of a root-promoting hormone, such as indolebutyric acid, will also assist in root ..."

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