Coiling of garden pea tendrils around any support is an example of:

1. thigmotaxis

2. thigmonasty

3. thigmotropism

4. thermotaxis

Subtopic:  Growth | Development |
 68%
Level 2: 60%+
AIPMT - 2010
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One of the synthetic auxin is:

1. NAA

2. IAA

3. GA

4. IBA

Subtopic:  Growth Hormones & Auxin | Auxin Function |
 84%
Level 1: 80%+
AIPMT - 2009
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Which one of the following acids is a derivative of carotenoids?

1. Indole-butyric acid

2. Indole-3-acetic acid

3. Gibberellic acid

4. Abscisic acid

Subtopic:  Abscisic Acid |
 72%
Level 2: 60%+
AIPMT - 2009
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Senescence as an active developmental cellular process in the growth and functioning of a flowering plant, is indicated in:
1. vessels and tracheid differentiation
2. leaf abscission
3. annual plants
4. floral parts.

Subtopic:  Auxin Function | Cytokinin | Ethylene | Abscisic Acid |
 66%
Level 2: 60%+
AIPMT - 2008
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The opening of floral buds into flowers is a type of:

1. autonomic movement of locomotion

2. autonomic movement of variation

3. paratonic movement of growth

4. autonomic movement of growth

Subtopic:  Growth Terminology | Development |
 62%
Level 2: 60%+
AIPMT - 2007
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The wavelength of light absorbed by Pr form of phytochrome is:

1. 640 nm

2. 680 nm

3. 720 nm

4. 620 nm

Level 4: Below 35%
AIPMT - 2007
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"Foolish seedling" disease of rice led to the discovery of:

1. GA

2. ABA

3. 2, 4-D

4. IAA

Subtopic:  Gibberellin |
 89%
Level 1: 80%+
AIPMT - 2007
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Importance of day length in the flowering of plants was first shown in:

1. Lemma

2. tobacco

3. cotton

4. Petunia

 82%
Level 1: 80%+
AIPMT - 2008
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Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

1. Abscisic acid - Stomatal closure
2. Gibberellic acid - Leaves fall
3. Cytokinin - Cell division
4. IAA - Cell wall elongation
Subtopic:  Gibberellin |
 73%
Level 2: 60%+
AIPMT - 2007
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Parthenocarpic tomato fruits can be produced by:

1. removing androecium of flowers before pollen grains are released
2. treating the plants with low concentrations of gibberellic acid and auxins
3. raising the plants from vernalised seeds
4. treating the plants with phenylmercuric acetate

Subtopic:  Auxin Function | Gibberellin |
 66%
Level 2: 60%+
AIPMT - 2006
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