NEET2019BotanyPlant - Growth and DevelopmentActual
Removal of shoot tips is very useful technique to boost the production of tea leaves. This is because
Options
- Agibberellins prevent bolting and are inactivated
- Bauxins prevent leaf drop at early stages
- Ceffect of auxins is removed and growth of lateral buds is enhanced
- 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.