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NEET 2019
Exam
NEET
Year
2019
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Plant - Growth and Development

NEET 2019 · Botany · Plant - Growth and Development

Removal of shoot tips is very useful technique to boost the...

Removal of shoot tips is very useful technique to boost the production of tea leaves. This is because

Options

  1. Agibberellins prevent bolting and are inactivated
  2. Bauxins prevent leaf drop at early stages
  3. Ceffect of auxins is removed and growth of lateral buds is enhanced
  4. Dgibberellins delay senescence of leaves

Correct answer

C. effect of auxins is removed and growth of lateral buds is enhanced

Step-by-step solution

Removal of shoot tips is a very useful technique to boost the production of tea leaves. This is because effect of auxin is removed and growth of lateral bud is enhanced. This phenomenon in most higher plants in which growing apical buds (shoot tips) inhibit growth of lateral buds due to effects of auxin is called apical dominance.
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