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THE ovary of an edible banana, Musa paradisiacaLinn., develops into a vegetatively parthenocarpic fruit and at maturity is filled with starchy parenchy-matous tissues. Simmonds1 reported the autonomous production of auxin, suspected as being indolyl-3-acetic acid (IAA), in the young ovaries of banana. The presence of ‘coconut milk factor’ in the banana ovaries has also been reported2,3. The results reported here are from investigations carried out in this laboratory during 1960–61 on the type of auxin and amino-acids present in the ovaries of banana.
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SHANMUGAVELU, K., RANGASWAMI, G. Tryptophan and Indole Compounds in Banana Ovaries. Nature 194, 775–776 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/194775a0
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