Frits Went used tiny blocks of agar to show that ____ is made in the tip of _____.
A) gibberellin; cotyledon
B) cytokinin; coleoptile
C) ethylene; apical meristem
D) auxin; coleoptile
E) abscisic acid; cotyledon

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Frits Went demonstrated that auxin, a plant growth hormone, is produced in the tip of the coleoptile (the sheath protecting the emerging shoot in monocotyledons) through his famous agar block experiment.

Frits Went Used Tiny Blocks of Agar to Show That