The discovery of gibberellins is related with one of the followin

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211.

'Climacteric' is

  • a phenomenon related to fruit ripening

  • the condition of a plant when all its fruits are almost ripe

  • the condition of a plant when most of its leaves have turned yellow

  • none of the above


212.

Ethylene is a

  • gaseous hormone

  • gaseous enzyme

  • liquid-gas mixture

  • solid hormone


213.

The plants respond to photoperiods due to the presence of :

  • enzymes

  • stomata

  • phytochromes

  • phytohormones


214.

Which chemical is used for induction of polyploidy?

  • Cytokinin

  • Nitrous acid

  • Colchicine

  • IAA


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215.

Tendrils exhibit/twining of tendrils is due to

  • thigmotropism

  • seismonasty

  • heliotropism

  • diageotropism


216.

Flowering dependent on cold treatment is

  • cryotherapy

  • cryogenics

  • cryoscopy

  • vernalisation


217.

A substance that induces dormancy of seed is

  • ABA

  • GA

  • thio-urea

  • cytokinin


218.

Which of the following is called stress hormone?

  • Abscisic acid

  • Auxin

  • Cytokinin

  • Gibberellic acid


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219.

Vascular tissue in higher plants develop from which of the following

  • Procambium 

  • Protoderm

  • Periblem

  • Cortex


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220.

The discovery of gibberellins is related with one of the following

  • blast disease of rice

  • rust disease of wheat

  • bakane disease of rice

  • early blight disease of potato


C.

bakane disease of rice

Kurosawa, a Japanese botanist, discovered gibberellin while investigating the rice foolish seedling disease in which spindly seedlings are formed due to GA like compounds produced by the fungus ( Gibberella fujikuroi) infecting the plant.( see text for more information).


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