Plant Growth and DevelopmentHard
Question
Pruning of plans promotes branching because the axillary buds get sensitized to
Options
A.ethylene
B.gibberellin
C.cytokinin
D.indole acetic acid
Solution
Pruning causes the cutting of plant apex which lowers, the amount of auxin and relatively an increase in cytokinin content. In the plant cytokinin promotes growth of axillary buds casing branching.Cytokinins are essential plant hormones that control cell division, shoot meristem initiation, leaf and root differentiaation, senescence.
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