Plants follow different pathways in response to environment or phases of life to form different kinds of structures. This ability is called:

1. Efficiency index 2. Plasticity
3. Norm of reaction 4. Developmental noise

Subtopic: Ā Growth Terminology |Ā Development |
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Identify the incorrectly matched pair:

PGR Chemical nature
1. Auxins Indole compounds
2. Cytokinin Pyrimidine derivatives
3. ABA Carotenoid derivative
4. Gibberellic acid Terpenes
Subtopic: Ā Cytokinin |
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Identify the plant growth regulator that, though is largely an inhibitor but, can be placed in both plant growth promoter and plant growth inhibitor groups?

 
1. Auxins 2. Gibberellins
3. Ethylene 4. Abscisic acid
Subtopic: Ā Ethylene |
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Identify the incorrectly matched pair:

Scientist PGR discovery
1. Cousins Ethylene
2. Kurosawa Gibberellin
3. Skoog and Miller ABA
4. F. W. Went Auxin
Subtopic: Ā Gibberellin |Ā Cytokinin |Ā Ethylene |Ā Abscisic Acid |
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Auxin does not:
1. Help to initiate rooting in stem cuttings
2. Promote female flowers in cucumbers
3. Prevent fruit and leaf drop in early stages
4. Promote abscission of older mature leaves and fruits

Subtopic: Ā Growth Hormones & Auxin |
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Cytokinins do not help in:
1. Production of new leaves                 
2. Lateral shoot growth
3. Adventitious shoot formation             
4. Promotion of apical dominance

Subtopic: Ā Growth Hormones & Auxin |Ā Cytokinin |
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Normally, when the seeds are mature, ethylene production increases and builds-up within the fruit, resulting in a climactic event that means:

 
1. A sudden spurt of growth 2. Leaf expansion
3. Rise in respiratory rate 4. Death of radicle
Subtopic: Ā Ethylene |
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Which PGR stimulates the closure of stomata in the epidermis and increases the tolerance of plants to various kinds of stress?

 
1. Cytokinin 2. Giberrellin
3. ABA 4. Ethylene
Subtopic: Ā Abscisic Acid |
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In most situations, which PGR acts as an antagonist to GAs?

 
1. ABA 2. Ethylene
3. Cytokinin 4. Giberrellin
Subtopic: Ā Gibberellin |Ā Abscisic Acid |
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The site of perception of light/dark duration in plants is:
1. Root apex                 
2. Shoot apex
3. Flower                     
4. Leaves

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