biography
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Went, Frits W(armolt)
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1903–90)
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| biography:
| Plant physiologist, born in Utrecht, The Netherlands. He performed research in Java (1928–32), and went to the USA to join the California Institute of Technology (1933–58), where he co-discovered (with K V Thimann) the plant growth hormones known as auxins. He devoted 20 years of research to these substances, and also invented the phytotron, a specialized greenhouse for investigations of the controlled effects of climate on plants. He became director of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1958–63) and was a professor at Washington University (St Louis) (1963–5). Moving to the University of Nevada, Reno (1965–85), he made major contributions to studies of the environmental effects of volatile substances produced by desert plants. |
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