Spraying sugarcane crop with which of the following plant growth regulators, increases the length of stem, thus, increasing the yield?
- Auxin
- Gibberellin
- Cytokinin
- Abscisic acid
Answer
(2) Gibberellin
Solution
Sugarcane stores carbohydrate as sugar in its stem. Spraying with gibberellins increases the length of the stem (internode elongation), thus increasing the yield by as much as 20 tonnes per acre.
Answer: (2)