CMC Medical CMC-Medical VELLORE Solved Paper-2010

  • question_answer
    When flowering is regulated by length of day and night, it is called

    A)  photoperiodism             

    B)  phototropism

    C)  nyctinasty         

    D)  seismonasty

    E)  None of these

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                    Photoperiodism is a biological response to changes in the ratio of light and dark in a 24 hour cycle. It is a light stimulus shown by above ground part of a plant. The movement in stimulus of light or dark is known as nastic movement and this phenomenon is known as nyctinasty.


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