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Plant Growth and Development · Question 52

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1

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

  1. thigmotaxis
  2. thigmonasty
  3. thigmotropism
  4. thermotaxis

Answer

(3) thigmotropism

Solution

Tendrils coil around a support because of contact (touch) stimulus.

⇒ The cells in contact with the support grow less than those on the opposite side; this unequal growth bends the tendril towards the stimulus, i.e., the movement is directional.

∵ A directional growth movement in response to touch is a tropism, it is called thigmotropism.

⇒ Taxis is a movement of a whole organism, and nasty is a non-directional movement.

Answer: (3)

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  3. IBA
  4. NAA
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  1. Indole-3-acetic acid
  2. Gibberellic acid
  3. Abscisic acid
  4. Indole butyric acid
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  1. cotton
  2. Petunia
  3. Lemna
  4. tobacco
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  1. annual plants
  2. floral parts
  3. vessels and tracheid differentiation
  4. leaf abscission
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  1. 680 nm
  2. 720 nm
  3. 620 nm
  4. 640 nm
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  1. Gibberellic acid - Leaf fall
  2. Cytokinin - Cell division
  3. IAA - Cell wall elongation
  4. Abscisic acid - Stomatal closure
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  1. autonomic movement of variation
  2. paratonic movement of growth
  3. autonomic movement of growth
  4. autonomic movement of locomotion
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  1. invertase
  2. -amylase
  3. lipase
  4. protease
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  1. Application of iron and magnesium to promote synthesis of chlorophyll
  2. Frequent irrigation of the crop
  3. Treatment of the plants with cytokinins along with a small dose of nitrogenous fertilizer
  4. Removal of all yellow leaves and spraying the remaining green leaves with 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid
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  1. It releases wound hormones.
  2. It induces the differentiation of new shoots from the rootstock.
  3. It frees axillary buds from apical dominance.
  4. The apical shoot grows faster after pruning.
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