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111.

Flowering dependent on cold treatment is

  • cryotherapy

  • cryogenics

  • cryoscopy

  • vernalisation


112.

A substance that induces dormancy of seed is

  • ABA

  • GA

  • thio-urea

  • cytokinin


113.

Which of the following is called stress hormone?

  • Abscisic acid

  • Auxin

  • Cytokinin

  • Gibberellic acid


114.

Vascular tissue in higher plants develop from which of the following

  • Procambium 

  • Protoderm

  • Periblem

  • Cortex


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115.

The discovery of gibberellins is related with one of the following

  • blast disease of rice

  • rust disease of wheat

  • bakane disease of rice

  • early blight disease of potato


116.

Cellular totipotency was first demonstrated by

  • F C Steward

  • Robert Hooke

  • T Schwann

  • A v Leeuwenhoek


117.

Choose the minor carp from the following

  • Cyprinus carpio

  • Anguilla sp

  • Labeo bata

  • cetanophyrngodon idella


118.

Name of a gaseous plant hormone is

  • IAA

  • gibberellin

  • ethylenes

  • abscisic acid


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119.

During seed germination its stored food is mobilised by

  • ethylene

  • cytokinin

  • ABA

  • gibberellin


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gibberellin

Gibberellin induces aleurone cells to secrete enzyme to break stored food in seed. Cytokinines promote nutrient mobilisation, which helps in the delay of leaf senescence. ABA plays an important role in seed development, maturation and dormancy. Ethylene induces fruit ripening, breaks seed dormancy.


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120.

Which one of the following is a growth regulator produced by plants?

  • Naphthalene acetic acid

  • Zeatin

  • 2,4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid

  • Benzyl aminopurine


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