N 6 -benzyladenine (BA), indoleacetic acid (IAA) and 2-choroethylphosphonic acid (ethephon) were applied to pinched and non-pinched plants of four cultivars of coleus (Coleus blumei Benth). All growth regulators increased the number of branches of treated plants, with 800 ppm BA having the most prominent effect. Ethephon treatments dwarfed the plants and decreased leaf size, while BA and IAA enhanced these characters. Plants treated with ethephon developed more leaves in most of the cultivars, as compared with the other two growth regulators. BA-treated plants had lower, and IAA-treated plants had higher, shoot fresh and dry weights than controls.
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Rouhani et al. (1978) studied this question.