NEETBotanyPlant - Growth and Development
What effect does spraying gibberellins have on juvenile conifers?
Options
- ADelays maturity period
- BHastens maturity period
- CReduces stem length
- DIncreases root growth
Correct answer
B. Hastens maturity period
Step-by-step solution
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.Spraying juvenile conifers with GAs hastens the maturity period, thus leading to early seed production.