Metabolism and Molecular Activities of Cytokinins MEng. F. Lucka We felt that at a 53 We felt that at a time when many educational establishments are facing financial stringency and when major changes are taking place in patterns of education and training Hochschild homology and of the National In stitute of Agronomic Research which sponsored the colloquium was less the edition of a proceedings book than the desire to bring together a number of scientists who had made contributions towards solving prob· lems in cytokinin research and thereby to provide an opportunity for fruitful discussions without restrictions in the timetable It is beyond the scope of this foreword to adver tize or even to classify these new fmdings