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Further Reading

References pulled from my own library research started in the mid 1980's (and some say limited to this period and before).  Nevertheless I believe the information is relevant to today as the earliest findings are crucial to a general theory here, not the more detailed ones of later years. 

Abeles, F. B., Holm, R. E., & Gahagan, H. E. Abscission: the role of aging. Plant Physiology 42, 1251-56, 1967.

Adedipe, N. O., Hunt, L. A., & Fletcher, R. A. Effects of Benzyladenine on Photosynthesis growth and senescence of the bean plant. Phys. Plant. 25, 151-53, 1979.

Addicott, F. T., Carns, H. R., Lyon, J. L., Smith, O. E., & McMeans, J. L. On the physiology of Abscisins. Recrulateurs Naturels de la Croissance Vegetale, pp. 687-703. Paris: C.N.R.S., 1964.

Barrington, E. J. W. Hormones. The New Encyclopaedia Britannica. Macropaedia v. 8, pp. 1074-88. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 1975.

Beevers, L., Loveys, B., Pearson, J. A., & Wareing, P. F. Phytochrome and hormonal expansion and greening of etiolated wheat leaves. Planta 90, 286-94, 1970.

Black, M. Abscisic Acid in seed germination and dormancy. Abscisic Acid, ed. F. T. Addicott, pp. 331-364. New York: Praeger, 1983.

Booth ? Nature London 194-204

Brown, A. W., Reeve, D. R., & Crozier, A. The effect of light on the Gibberellin metabolism and growth of Phaesolus coccineus seedlings. Planta 126, 83-91, 1975.

Burg, S. P., & Burg, E. A. The interaction between Auxin and Ethylene and its role in plant growth. PKAS 55, 262-69, 1966.

Davis & Wareing ? Planta 65 p. 129

Engelke, A. L., Hamzi, H. Q., & Skoog. F. Cytokinin-Gibberellin regulation of shoot development and leaf form in tobacco plantlets. Amer. J. of Botany 60, 491-95, 1973.

Esashi, Y., & Leopold, A. C. Plant Physiology 44, 1470, 1970.

Goeschl, J. D., Pratt, H. K., & Bonner, B. An effect of light on the production of Ethylene and the growth of the plumula portion of the etiolated pea seedling. Plant Physiology 42, 1077-80, 1967.

Goldthwaite, J. J. Further studies of hormone regulated senescence in Rumex leaf tissue. Plant Growth Substances, 1970, ed. D. J. Carr, pp. 581-88. Berlin: Springer, 1972.

Hayes, P. M., & Patrick J. W. Photosynthate transport in stems of Phaesolus vulgaris treated with Gibberellic Acid, Indole 3-Acetic Acid or Kinetin. Effects at the14site of hormone application. Planta 166: 371-79, 1985.

Hewett, E. W., & Wareing, P. F. Cytokinins in Populus x robusta Schneid: Light effects on endogenous levels. Planta 114, 119-129, 1973.

Houck, D. H., & Lamotte, C. E. Primary phloem regeneration without concomitant xylem regeneration--its hormone control in Coleus. Amer. J. Botany 64, 799-809, 1977.

Imaseki, H. Hormonal control of wound-induced responses. Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology. v. 11, ed. R. P. Pharis & D. M. Reid, p. 504, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 1985.

Jahardhan, K. V., Vasudeva, N., & Gopel, N. H. Diurnal variation of endogenous Auxin in arabica coffee leaves. J. Plant Crops 1 (Suppl), 93-95, 1973.

Kawase, M. Effects of flooding on Ethylene concentration in horticultural plants. J. Am. Soc. Hortic. Sci. 97, 584-88, 1972.

Lecoq, C., Koukkari, W. L., & Brenner, M. L. Rhythmic changes in Abscisic Acid (Abscisic Acid) content of soybean leaves. Plant Physiology 72 (suppl.), 52, 1983.

Manos, P.J., & Goldthwaite, J. A kinetic analysis of the effects of Gibberellic acid, Zeatin, and Abscisic Acid on leaf tissue senescence in Rumex. Plant Physiology 55, 192-98, 1975.

Marre, E. Effects of fusiccocin and hormones on plant cellmembrane activities, observations and hypothesis. Regulation of Cell Membrane Activities in Plants. eds. Marre, E. & Caffer, O. Amsterdam: Elsevier/North Holland Biomedical Press, pp. 175-202, 1977.

McMichael, B. L., & Hanny, B. W. Endogenous levels of Abscisic Acid in Water stressed cotton leaves. Agron. J. 69, 979-82, 1982.

Mitsuhashi-Kato, M., Mishibaoka, H., & Shimokoriyama, M. Anatomical and physiological aspects of developmental processes of adventitious root formation. Plant and Cell Physiology 19, 393-400, 1978.

Nooden, L. D. Senescence in the whole plant. Senescence in Plants, ed. K. V. Thimann, Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1980.

Palmer, J. H., & Phillips, I. D. J. The effect of the terminal bud indole acetic acid and nitrogen supply on the growth and orientation of the petiole of the Helianthus. Annus. Physiol. Plant 16, 572-84, 1963.

Pooviah, B. W., and Leopold, A. C. Deferral of leaf senescence with calcium. Plant Physiology 52, 236-39, 1973.

??, Phys. Plant v. 51 375-79

Reid, D. M., and Wample, R. L. Water relations and plant hormones. Chapter 14 in Volume 11, Hormonal Regulation of Development III, eds. A. Pirson and M. H. Zimmerman. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 1985.

Reinhold, L. Phytohormones and the orientation of growth. Phytohormones and Related Compounds a Comprehensive Treatise, v. II, ed. by D. S. Letham, P. B. Goodwin, and T.J. V. Higgins. Amsterdam: Elsevier/North Holland Biomedical Press, 1978.

Ross, E. L. Growth regulators and conifers: their physiology and potential uses in forestry. Plant Growth Regulating Chemicals, v. II, ed. by L. G. Nickell. Boca Raton, FL: CRC.

Sachs, T., and Thimann, K. V. The Role of Auxin and Cytokinin in the Release of Buds from Dominance. Amer. J. Bot. 54, 126-44, 1967.

Sembdner, G., Gross, D., Liebisch, H. W., and Schneidner, G. Bio-synthesis and metabolism of plant hormones. Hormonal Regulation of Development 1, ed. J. MacMillen, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 1980.

Skoog, F., and Miller, W. Chemical regulation of growth and organ formation in plant tissues cultured in vitro. Symp. Soc. Exp. Biol. 11, 118, 1957.

Snow, R. Plagiotropism and correlative inhibition. New Phytologist 44, 110-117, 1945.

Sutcliffe, J. F. Regulation in the whole plant. In Transport in Plants v. 2. Part B: Tissues and Organs. Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, ed. U. Luttge and M. G. Pitman. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 1976.

Thimann, K. V. Cell Enlargement and Growth. Hormone Action in the Whole Life of the Plant Amherst: Univ. of Mass. Press, 1977.

Thompson, M. J., Meudt, W. J., Mardava, N. B., Dutky, S. R.1Lusby, W. R., and Spaulding, D. W. Synthesis of Brassinosteroid and relationship of structure to plant growth promoting effect. Steroid 39 #1, 89-105, 1982.

Torrey, J. G. Auxin control of vascular pattern formation in regenerating pea root meristems grown in vitro. Amer. J. Bot. 44, 859-870, 1957.

Van Staden, J., and Smith, A. R. The synthesis of Cytokinin in excised roots of maize and tomato under aseptic conditions. Annals Bot. 42, 751-753, 1978.

Varner, J. E. GA-controlled synthesis of alpha-amylase in barley endosperm. Plant Physiology 39, 412-415, 1964.

Wain, R. L. Some development in research on plant growth inhibitors. Proc. Roy, Soc. B. 191, 335-352, 1975.

Wareing, P. F., and Phillips, I. D. J. Growth and Differentiation in Plants. Great Britain: Pergamon Press, 1981.

Webb, D. P., Van Staden, J., and Wareing, T. F. Seed dormancy in Acer. In J. Exp. Bot. 24, 105-106, 1973.

Wright, S. T. C. The effect of plant growth regulator treatments on the levels of ethylene emanating from excised turgid and wilted wheat leaves. Planta 148, 381-88, 1980.

ZeevABArt, J. A. D. Giberellin and flowering. The Biochemistry and Physiology of Giberellin, v. 2, ed. A. Crozier, New York: Praeger, 1983.

Zimmerman, P. W., and Hitchcock, A. E. Initiation and stimulation of adventitious roots caused by unsaturated hydrocarbon Gases. Contributions to the Boyce Thompson Institute 5, 351-369, 1933.