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PhD Botany University of Amsterdam

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According to Wikipedia, Frits Warmolt Went was a Dutch biologist whose 1928 experiment demonstrated the existence of auxin in plants. Went's father was the prominent Dutch botanist Friedrich August Ferdinand Christian Went. After graduating from the University of Utrecht, Holland in 1927 with a dissertation on the effects of the plant hormone auxin, Went then worked as a plant pathologist in the research labs of the Royal Botanical Garden in Buitenzorg, Dutch East Indies from 1927 to 1933. He then took a position at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California, first researching plant hormones. His interest gradually shifted to environmental influences on plant growth. At Caltech, he was among the first to demonstrate the importance of hormones in plant growth and development. He played an important role in the development of synthetic plant hormones, which then became the basis of much of the agricultural chemical industry.

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Some pH Changes in Nutrient Solutions (1949) (484)
The Experimental Control of Plant Growth (1958) (444)
Blue Hazes in the Atmosphere (1960) (390)
The Effect of Temperature on Plant Growth (1953) (298)
Ecology of Desert Plants. II. The Effect of Rain and Temperature on Germination and Growth (1949) (237)
Plant growth under controlled conditions. II. Thermoperiodicity in growth and fruiting of the tomato (1944) (214)
VOLATILE ORGANIC MATERIAL OF PLANT ORIGIN IN THE ATMOSPHERE. (1965) (188)
SPECIFIC FACTORS OTHER THAN AUXIN AFFECTING GROWTH AND ROOT FORMATION. (1938) (175)
The Ecology of Desert Plants (1955) (163)
ORGANIC MATTER IN THE ATMOSPHERE, AND ITS POSSIBLE RELATION TO PETROLEUM FORMATION. (1960) (163)
Ecology of Desert Plants. I. Observations on Germination in the Joshua Tree National Monument, California (1948) (159)
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEX EXPRESSION IN CUCURBIT FLOWERS (1952) (139)
The Dependence of Certain Annual Plants on Shrubs in Southern Californi Deserts (1942) (129)
PLANT GROWTH UNDER CONTROLLED CONDITIONS. III. CORRELATION BETWEEN VARIOUS PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES AND GROWTH IN THE TOMATO PLANT (1944) (127)
Ecology of Desert Plants. IV. Combined Field and Laboratory Work on Germination of Annuals in the Joshua Tree National Monument, California (1956) (119)
Phytohormones; structure and physiological activity. (1938) (106)
The biological and mechanical role of soil fungi. (1968) (105)
Reflections and Speculations (1974) (102)
Ecology of Desert Plants. III. Development of Plants in the Death Valley National Monument, California (1949) (102)
Prolycopene, a naturally occurring stereoisomer of lycopene. (1941) (86)
Fire and Biotic Factors Afecting Germination (1952) (85)
The Experimental Control of Plant Growth. (1958) (78)
Feeding and Digestion in Some Ants (Veromessor and Manica) (1972) (72)
EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENT OF PARENT AND GRANDPARENT GENERATIONS ON TUBER PRODUCTION BY POTATOES (1959) (72)
Experiments on the Transport of Auxin (1939) (71)
EFFECTS OF LIGHT ON STEM AND LEAF GROWTH (1941) (70)
EFFECT OF THE ROOT SYSTEM ON TOMATO STEM GROWTH. (1943) (67)
PLANT GROWTH UNDER CONTROLLED CONDITIONS. V. THE RELATION BETWEEN AGE, LIGHT, VARIETY AND THERMOPERIODICITY OF TOMATOES (1945) (61)
Mechanism and Quantitative Application of the Pea Test (1937) (60)
On the nature of Aitken condensation nuclei (1966) (56)
GROWTH RESPONSE OF TOMATO PLANTS TO APPLIED SUCROSE (1948) (52)
PLANT GROWTH UNDER CONTROLLED CONDITIONS. VIII. GROWTH AND FRUITING OF THE CHILI PEPPER (CAPSICUM ANNUUM) (1947) (47)
Competition among plants. (1973) (47)
Climatic Factors Influencing Parthenocarpy and Normal Fruit-Set in Tomatoes (1953) (46)
GROWTH, AUXIN, AND TROPISMS IN DECAPITATED AVENA COLEOPTILES. (1942) (46)
Water absorption from the atmosphere by plants growing in dry soil. (1950) (46)
The Physiological Action of Smog on Plants. I. Initial Growth and Transpiration Studies. (1953) (44)
Auxin, the plant growth-hormone (1935) (43)
Fungi Associated with Stalactite Growth (1969) (43)
The Earhart Plant Research Laboratory (1949) (42)
Nomenclature of Chemical Plant Regulators: Report by a Committee of the American Society of Plant Physiologists. (1954) (40)
THE DUAL EFFECT OF AUXIN ON ROOT FORMATION (1939) (38)
Leaf Growth Hormones. I. A Bio-Assay and Source for Leaf Growth Factors (1939) (35)
Gene Action in Relation to Growth and Development: I. Phenotypic Variability. (1953) (35)
Photo- and thermoperiodic effects in plant growth. (1960) (34)
The Response of Plants to Climate. (1950) (33)
PLANT GROWTH UNDER CONTROLLED CONDITIONS. IV. RESPONSE OF CALIFORNIA ANNUALS TO PHOTOPERIOD AND TEMPERATURE (1945) (33)
THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE UPON TRANSLOCATION OF CARBOHYDRATES IN THE TOMATO PLANT. (1949) (32)
Polarity of Auxin Transport in Inverted Tagetes Cuttings (1941) (30)
Use of Tomato Juice in the Asymbiotic Germination of Orchid Seeds (1949) (30)
PLANT GROWTH UNDER CONTROLLED CONDITIONS. I. THE AIR CONDITIONED GREENHOUSES AT THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (1943) (30)
The Standardization of Poa Annua as an Indicator of Smog Concentrations. I. Effects of Temperature, Photoperiod, and Light Intensity during Growth of the Test-Plants. (1957) (28)
The size of man. (1968) (27)
Morphological Observations on the Tomato Plant (1944) (27)
Further Analysis of the Pea Test for Auxin (1939) (25)
EFFECT OF EXTERNAL FACTORS ON TOMATO PIGMENTS AS STUDIED BY CHROMATOGRAPHIC METHODS. (1942) (24)
A Photokymograph for the Analysis of the Avena Test (1938) (24)
Plant growth under controlled conditions; sucrose content of the tomato plant. (1946) (23)
Relation between Genes and Carotenoids of the Tomato. (1941) (22)
THE NATURE OF THE AUXIN IN TOMATO STEM TIPS. (1949) (21)
SALT ACCUMULATION AND POLAR TRANSPORT OF PLANT HORMONES. (1937) (21)
The Nature of Aitken Condensation Nuclei in the Atmosphere. (1964) (20)
Prolycopene, a Naturally Occuring Stereoisomer of Lycopene. (1941) (20)
ANEURIN AND THE ROOTING OF CUTTINGS. (1938) (20)
Fluctuations in Sensitivity of the Avena Test Due to Air Pollutants. (1954) (20)
GROWTH IN DARKNESS OF SQUASH PLANTS FED WITH SUCROSE (1949) (16)
The organic nature of atmospheric condensation nuclei. (1967) (16)
4 – Plants and the Chemical Environment (1970) (14)
Light Stability of Auxin in Avena Coleoptiles (1940) (14)
A Long Term Test of Seed Longevity. II (1949) (13)
TRANSPORT OF INORGANIC IONS IN POLAR PLANT TISSUES. (1939) (12)
ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE AUTONOMOUS 24‐HOUR RHYTHM IN PLANTS (1962) (12)
CHAPTER FIVE – Environmental Factors in Regulation of Growth and Development: Ecological Factors (1969) (12)
The experimental control of plant growth : with special reference to the Earhart Plant Research Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology (1957) (12)
PLANT GROWTH UNDER CONTROLLED CONDITIONS. IX. GROWTH AND FRUITING OF THE KENTUCKY WONDER BEAN (PHASEOLUS VULGARIS) (1957) (12)
Transplantation Experiments with Peas. II (1939) (12)
The Plants of Krakatoa (1949) (11)
SOME PARALLELS BETWEEN DESERT AND ALPINE FLORA IN CALIFORNIA (1948) (11)
A CASE OF CORRELATIVE GROWTH INHIBITION IN PLANTS (1939) (10)
The Climatic Control of Flowering and Fruit Set (1950) (10)
The Effect of Dew on Plant Water Balance in Citrullus vulgaris and Cucumis melo (1978) (10)
Volatile Organic Matter of Plant Origin in the Atmosphere. (1964) (9)
ANNUAL PLANTS AT HIGH ALTITUDES IN THE SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA (1953) (9)
FIFTY YEARS OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY IN THE U.S.A. (1957) (8)
RHIZOMORPHS IN SOIL NOT CONNECTED WITH FUNGAL FRUITING BODIES (1973) (8)
EFFECTS OF FLUORESCEIN ON PLANT GROWTH (1942) (8)
THE NATURE OF AITKEN CONDENSATION NUCLEI IN THE ATMOSPHERE. (1964) (7)
Photoperiodicity of Baeria chrysostoma (1944) (7)
Growth Hormones in the Higher Plants (1939) (7)
Local Reactions in Plants (1940) (7)
Some Effects of Temperature and Photoperiod on the Growth of Tomato Seedlings (1956) (6)
Biological and mechanical role of soil fungi. (1968) (6)
Plant Life and Desertification (1978) (5)
The Mobile Laboratories of the Desert Research Institute (1968) (5)
Climate and Agriculture (1957) (5)
SIMULATION OF PHOTOPERIODICITY BY THERMOPERIODICITY. (1945) (5)
Controlled-climate facilities for biologists. (1958) (5)
WOUNDING AND SUGAR TRANSLOCATION. (1945) (4)
Phytohormones, by F.W. Went ... and Kenneth V. Thimann ... (1937) (4)
THE EFFECT OF LIGHT ON THE OXYGEN METABOLISM OF THE PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIUM, RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM 1 2 (4)
Effects of Temperature on Growth and Dry Matter Accumulation of Peas. (1958) (3)
Plants and the chemical environment. (1970) (3)
THUNDERSTORMS AS RELATED TO ORGANIC MATTER IN THE ATMOSPHERE. (1962) (2)
Experimental Control of Plant Growth (1958) (2)
The Eucalyptus of Australia (1955) (2)
Root hair development on date palms. (1953) (2)
Closer Scientific Contact with Czechoslovakia. (1960) (1)
Physiological variability in connection with experimental procedures and reproducibility (1955) (1)
Thermoperiodicity of different varieties of tobacco. (1950) (1)
Book Review:Environmental Control of Plant Growth. L. T. Evans (1965) (1)
The role of environment in growth of plants (1964) (1)
Transplantation Experiments in Peas. III (1943) (1)
Dr. L. G. M. Baas-Becking (1963) (1)
The interpretation of the phototropic curvations (1928) (1)
CHAPTER 1 – The Concept of a Phytotron (1963) (1)
EFFECT ON ROOT FORMATION OF RETREATING CUTTINGS WITH GROWTH SUBSTANCES. (1938) (1)
EFFECT OF THE ROOT SYSTEM ON TOArATO STEMA . 1 G 1 ROWATH (0)
The Living Desert (1976) (0)
Annual membership meeting: California Arboretum Foundation, Inc. (1951) (0)
Engineering the Air-Conditioned Greenhouse (1947) (0)
Control of the Plant Environment . Proceedings of the University of Nottingham Fourth Easter School in Agricultural Science, 1957. J. P. Hudson, Ed. Academic Press, New York; Butterworths, London, 1957. xvi + 240 pp. $7.50. (1958) (0)
Closer Scientific Contact with Czechoslovakia (1960) (0)
Flash: April 3, 1956 (1956) (0)
Book Review:The Lore of Living Plants. A Vistas of Science Book. Johannes van Overbeek (1965) (0)
KORITZ AND WENT: PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTION OF SMOG ON PLANTS (0)
PLANT GROWTH UNDER DESERT CONDITIONS (1955) (0)
Factors affecting fruit set in vegetables. (1950) (0)
Status of Scientific Institutions in Netherlands East Indies (1947) (0)
The Flowering Process. Frank B. Salisbury (1964) (0)
Letter from Frits W. Went to Judith A. Scharpen (1965) (0)
An observation of cooling tower plume effects on total solar radiation (1978) (0)
Effect on Root Formation of Retreating Cuttings with Growth Substances (1938) (0)
Differences in physiological activity of plant-growth substances. (1948) (0)
Plants Monitor Air Pollution (1965) (0)
The modern arboretum (1957) (0)
Controlled Environments for Plant Growth Controlled Environments for Plant Research Robert Jack Downs (1976) (0)
In My Opinion: Why Does a Biologist Become a Biologist? (1962) (0)
Plea for Return to Understandable Naming of Organisms (1968) (0)
Blutcholin, acetylcholine and histamine for fever treatment and malaria attack. (1946) (0)
Holiday greetings to the Foundation members (1957) (0)
Went and Stark (1969) (0)
Formation of Aerosol Particulates Derived from Naturally Occurring Hydrocarbons Produced by Plants (1967) (0)
[Not Available]. (1946) (0)
Book Review:Salinity and Aridity. New Approaches to Old Problems. Hugo Boyko (1968) (0)
A Botanist in the Sahara (1954) (0)
The Future of Biology and the AIBS (1962) (0)
Experiments with Tomato Growing (1944) (0)
Recent Work at the Earhart Plant Research Laboratory (1952) (0)
Plant damage due to air pollution and the use of plants as indicators of air pollution (1958) (0)

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