AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-2014

  • question_answer
    Spraying sugarcane crop with a plant hormone increases the length of the stem, thus increasing the yield by as much as 20 tonnes per acre. The plant hormone is

    A)  gibberellin ensymes     

    B)  auxin

    C)  cytokinin           

    D)  abscisic acid

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                    Gibberellins are weakly acidic growth hormone which cause cell elongation of input plants in general and increased international length of genetically dwarfed plants. Sugarcane stores carbohydrates as sugar in their stems. Spraying sugarcane crop with gibberellins increases the length of the stem. This increases the yield by as much as 20 tonnes per acre.


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