Plant Hormones: Auxins in Agriculture and Horticulture Quiz
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Which hormone is responsible for promoting bolting in beet, cabbages, and plants with rosette habit?

  • Auxin
  • Abscisic Acid
  • Gibberellins (correct)
  • Cytokinins
  • What effect does Gibberellic acid (GA3) have on lateral buds after the apical bud is removed from a plant?

  • Has no effect on them
  • Stimulates their growth (correct)
  • Causes them to wither
  • Suppresses their growth
  • What role do Gibberellins play in apple fruit development?

  • Promote elongation (correct)
  • Accelerate ripening
  • Cause fruit to shrink
  • Inhibit elongation
  • Which hormone is used to increase the length of grape stalks?

    <p>Gibberellins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main effect of spraying juvenile conifers with Gibberellins?

    <p>Hastened maturity period leading to early seed production</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which hormone is involved in delaying senescence of fruits?

    <p>Gibberellins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the effect of spraying sugarcane crops with Gibberellins?

    <p>Increases stem length and yield per acre</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which hormone plays a crucial role in malting process in the brewing industry?

    <p>Gibberellins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which plant growth regulator is known to be mainly involved in promoting cell division and cell enlargement?

    <p>Auxins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Among the plant growth regulators, which one is considered a growth inhibitor and plays a role in dormancy and abscission?

    <p>Abscisic acid</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which plant growth regulator, classified as a growth promoter, is involved in flowering, fruiting, and seed formation?

    <p>Gibberellins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which plant growth regulator is accidentally discovered by Charles Darwin and his son Francis Darwin during their observations on phototropism?

    <p>Auxins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Among the plant growth regulators, which one acts mainly as an inhibitor of growth activities?

    <p>Ethylene</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the site of transmittable influence that caused the bending of the entire coleoptile?

    <p>Tip of coleoptile</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which substance was identified as the cause of the 'bakane' (foolish seedling) disease of rice seedlings?

    <p>Gibberellin</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What substance was released from ripened oranges that hastened the ripening of stored unripened bananas?

    <p>Ethylene</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which hormone was chemically characterized as inhibitor-B, abscission II, and dormin initially before being identified as a single compound?

    <p>Abscisic Acid</p> Signup and view all the answers

    From which part of tobacco stems did callus proliferate only when supplemented with auxins and specific nutrients?

    <p>Internodal segments</p> Signup and view all the answers

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