“…Of the 2 auxins, exogenous IBA generally resulted in the greatest basal callus formation. As a more potent rhizogenic auxin than IAA (Nordström et al, 1991;Epstein and Ludwig-Müller, 1993;Ludwig-Müller, 2000;George et al, 2008), IBA also resulted in significantly larger mean root diameters when supplied in the absence of kinetin or in the presence of TIBA (which inhibits IAA efflux) (Christie and Leopold, 1965;Geldner et al, 2001). Since auxin stimulates cell growth (George et al, 2008) and retards root elongation (Woodward and Bartel, 2005), these results indicate that the exogenous IBA was converted to IAA in situ, and, at least in the tested clone, it may serve as a source of IAA, as noted for other plant species (Woodward and Bartel, 2005).…”