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ETHYLENE has been found to reach concentrations in soil which are considerably greater than those which injure the roots of some plants in laboratory conditions. Systematic studies of gaseous hydrocarbons in soil have previously been confined to methane, and this work was undertaken because of the very low concentrations at which ethylene affects plant growth1. Furthermore, it has been suggested that the visual symptoms caused by waterlogging in the shoots of tomato plants are comparable with those caused by ethylene or by “illuminating gas”2,3.
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SMITH, K., RUSSELL, R. Occurrence of Ethylene, and its Significance, in Anaerobic Soil. Nature 222, 769–771 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222769b0
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