NEETBotanyPlant - Growth and Development
What is one of the primary uses of gibberellic acid (GA3) in agriculture?
Options
- AIncreasing fruit sweetness
- BEnhancing leaf size
- CIncreasing the length of grape stalks
- DPromoting root growth
Correct answer
C. Increasing the length of grape stalks
Step-by-step solution
All GAs are acidic. They produce a wide range of physiological responses in the plants. Their ability to cause an increase in length of axis is used to increase the length of grapes stalks. Spraying juvenile conifers with GAs hastens the maturity period, thus leading to early seed production. Gibberellins also promotes bolting (internode elongation just prior to flowering) in beet, cabbages and many plants with rosette habit.