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
The wavelength of light absorbed by Pr form of phytochrome is:
1. 640 nm
2. 680 nm
3. 720 nm
4. 620 nm
"Foolish seedling" disease of rice led to the discovery of:
1. GA
2. ABA
3. 2, 4-D
4. IAA
1. Lemma
2. tobacco
3. cotton
4. Petunia
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 |
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 |
How does pruning help in making the hedge dense?
1. | It includes the differentiation of new shoots from the rootstock |
2. | It frees axillary buds from apical dominance |
3. | The apical shoot grows faster after pruning |
4. | It releases wound hormones |
Treatment of seed at low temperature under moist conditions to break its dormancy is called:
1. sacrification
2. vernalization
3. chelation
4. stratification
An enzyme that can stimulate the germination of barley seeds is:
1. -amylase
2. lipase
3. protease
4. invertase
1. vessels and tracheid differentiation
2. leaf abscission
3. annual plants
4. floral parts.