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Sunlight causes an increase in the amount of auxins on the sunlit side of a plant’s shoot.

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In phototropism of shoots, auxin (IAA) is redistributed toward the shaded side, not the sunlit side. Higher auxin concentration on the shaded side stimulates cell elongation there, causing the shoot to bend toward the light.