Folke Skoog

Research.com Recognitions

• 1991 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his pioneering work on plant hormones, including discovery of cyotkinins (a major class), chemical induction of organ formation and regulation of morphogenesis in plants, and contributions to the development of plant tissue culture as an experimental technique of fundamental importance in biotechnology.", Presented by President Bush at a White House Rose Garden Ceremony on September 16, 1991.
• 1961 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 1956 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Best Publications

• A revised medium for rapid growth and bio assays with tobacco tissue cultures

  Toshio Murashige;Folke Skoog

  95286
  Citations

• Organic Growth Factor Requirements of Tobacco Tissue Cultures

  Elfriede M. Linsmaier;Folke Skoog

  5781
  Citations

• KINETIN, A CELL DIVISION FACTOR FROM DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID1

  Carlos O. Miller;Folke Skoog;Malcolm H. Von Saltza;F. M. Strong

  919
  Citations

• On the Inhibition of Bud Development and other Functions of Growth Substance in Vicia Faba

  Kenneth V. Thimann;Folke Skoog

  587
  Citations

• Isolation, Structure and Synthesis of Kinetin, a Substance Promoting Cell Division1,2

  Carlos O. Miller;F. Skoog;F. S. Okumura;M. H. Von Saltza

  586
  Citations

• Studies on the Growth Hormone of Plants: III. The Inhibiting Action of the Growth Substance on Bud Development

  Kenneth V. Thimann;Folke Skoog

  501
  Citations

• THE ISOLATION, PURIFICATION, AND CULTURE OF BLUE–GREEN ALGAE

  Gerald C. Gerloff;George P. Fitzgerald;Folke Skoog

  490
  Citations

• Cytokinins: Structure/activity relationships☆

  Folke Skoog;Hamzi Q. Hamzi;Alicja M. Szweykowska;Nelson J. Leonard

  307
  Citations

• CHEMICAL CONTROL OF GROWTH AND BUD FORMATION IN TOBACCO STEM SEGMENTS AND CALLUS CULTURED IN VITRO

  Folke Skoog;Cheng Tsui

  299
  Citations

• Cell Enlargement and Cell Division in Excised Tobacco Pith Tissue1

  John R. Jablonski;Folke Skoog

  248
  Citations

• STRUCTURE AND SYNTHESIS OF KINETIN1

  Carlos O. Miller;Folke Skoog;Francis Shigeo Okumura;Malcolm H. Von Saltza

  233
  Citations

• The effect of x‐irradiation on auxin and plant growth

  Folke Skoog

  221
  Citations

• Isolation of cytokinins from tRNA.

  D.J. Armstrong;W.J. Burrows;P.K. Evans;F. Skoog

  208
  Citations

• RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ZINC AND AUXIN IN THE GROWTH OF HIGHER PLANTS

  Folke Skoog

  205
  Citations

• Initiation of Mitosis and Cell Division by Kinetin and Indoleacetic Acid in Excised Tobacco Pith Tissue

  Nirmal K. Das;Klaus Patau;Folke Skoog

  199
  Citations

• GROWTH AND ORGAN FORMATION IN TOBACCO TISSUE CULTURES

  Folke Skoog

  197
  Citations

• A deseeded Avena test method for small amounts of auxin and auxin precursors

  Folke Skoog

  186
  Citations

• Studies on Polarity and Auxin Transport in Plants1,2

  Ethel Niedergang-Kamien;Folke Skoog

  161
  Citations

• Induction of DINA Synthesis by Kinetin and Indoleacetic Acid in Excised Tobacco Pith Tissue

  Klaus Patau;Nirmal K. Das;Folke Skoog

  160
  Citations

• Cobalt as an Essential Element for Blue‐Green Algae

  Osmund Holm-Hansen;Gerald C. Gerloff;Folke Skoog

  151
  Citations