NEETBotanyPlant - Growth and Development
From which plant did F.W. Went isolate auxin?
Options
- ACanary grass
- BSunflower
- COat seedlings
- DMaize
Correct answer
C. Oat seedlings
Step-by-step solution
All this started with the observation of Charles Darwin and his son Francis Darwin when they observed that the coleoptiles of canary grass responded to unilateral illumination by growing towards the light source (phototropism).After a series of experiments, it was concluded that the tip of the coleoptile was the site of transmittable influence that caused the bending of the entire coleoptile . Auxin was isolated by F.W. Went from tips of coleoptiles of oat seedlings.