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Plant Growth and Development · Question 49

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1

Root development is promoted by

  1. abscisic acid
  2. auxin
  3. gibberellin
  4. ethylene

Answer

(4) ethylene

Solution

As per NCERT, ethylene promotes root growth and root hair formation, thus helping the plants to increase their absorption surface.

∵ Abscisic acid is a growth inhibitor, and gibberellins mainly cause stem elongation (bolting) and increase in length of axis,

∴ root development (root growth and root hairs) is promoted by ethylene.

(Auxins also initiate rooting in stem cuttings.)

Answer: (4)

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  1. gibberellin
  2. phytochrome
  3. cytokinins
  4. auxin
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  1. tobacco
  2. potato
  3. tomato
  4. cotton
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  1. thigmotaxis
  2. thigmonasty
  3. thigmotropism
  4. thermotaxis
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  1. IAA
  2. GA
  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
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  3. autonomic movement of growth
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