The growth in plants can be best expressed as [refer Section 15.2]:
1. Open | 2. Determinate |
3. Closed | 4. Redundant |
Development is a term that includes all changes that a plant goes through during its life cycle:
1. till germination of the seed
2. during its vegetative growth
3. from germination till flowering
4. from germination to senescence
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 |
Difference in shapes of leaves produced in air and those produced in water represents heterophyllous development due to environment in:
1. | Cotton | 2. | Coriander |
3. | Larkspur | 4. | Butter cup |
Identify the incorrectly matched pair:
PGR | Chemical nature | |
1. | Auxins | Indole compounds |
2. | Cytokinin | Pyrimidine derivatives |
3. | ABA | Carotenoid derivative |
4. | Gibberellic acid | Terpenes |
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 |
Identify the incorrectly matched pair:
Scientist | PGR discovery | |
1. | Cousins | Ethylene |
2. | Kurosawa | Gibberellin |
3. | Skoog and Miller | ABA |
4. | F. W. Went | Auxin |
Callus from internodal segments of tobacco stem gets proliferated only if in addition to one of the following – extracts of vascular tissues, yeast extract, coconut milk or DNA, the nutrient medium also contains:
1. | Auxins | 2. | Gibberellins |
3. | ABA | 4. | Ethylene |
Auxin was first isolated from:
1. | Coconut milk | 2. | Barley endosperm |
3. | Oat coleoptiles | 4. | Human urine |
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