ester 2,4,5-T) after 1968 Just keep your minds open. Galston's research and 1943 Ph.D.  dissertation  focused on finding a chemical means to make  soybeans   flower  and  fruit  earlier.  [ 1 ]  He discovered both that 2,3,5- triiodobenzoic acid  (TIBA) would speed up the flowering of soybeans and that in higher