Question

Removal of shoot tips is a very useful technique to boost the production of tealeaves. This is because :

A. Gibberellins delay senescence of leaves
B. Gibberellins prevent bolting and are inactivated
C. Auxins prevent leaf drop at early stages
D. Effect of auxins is removed and growth of lateral buds is enhanced  
Answer :   Effect of auxins is removed and growth of lateral buds is enhanced

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Botany >> Plant Growth and Development

Releted Question 1

Typical growth curve in plants is :

A. Linear
B. Stair-steps shaped
C. Parabolic
D. Sigmoid
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Releted Question 2

Coiling of garden pea tendrils around any support is an example of:

A. thigmotaxis
B. thigmonasty
C. thigmotropism
D. thermotaxis
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Releted Question 3

Senescence as an active developmental cellular process in the growth and functioning of a flowering plant, is indicated in

A. vessels and tracheid differentiation
B. leaf abscission
C. annual plants
D. floral parts
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Releted Question 4

Opening of floral buds into flowers, is a type of

A. autonomic movement of variation
B. paratonic movement of growth
C. autonomic movement of growth
D. autonomic movement of locomotion
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