AFMC AFMC Solved Paper-2007

  • question_answer
    Coconut milk (coconut water) is widely used in tissue culture because it contains

    A) auxins                  

    B) ethylene

    C) cytokinin                             

    D) gibberellins

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Skoog (1954-1956) observed that coconut milk contained a substance which stimulated cell division. The substance was later on called cytokinin. The most widely occurring cytokinin in plants is isopentanyl adenine (IPA). IPA has been isolated from Pseudomonas tumefaciens.


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