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NEET 2010
Exam
NEET
Year
2010
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Plant - Growth and Development

NEET 2010 · Botany · Plant - Growth and Development

Photoperiodism was first characterised in

Photoperiodism was first characterised in

Options

  1. Atobacco
  2. Bpotato
  3. Ctomato
  4. Dcotton

Correct answer

A. tobacco

Step-by-step solution

They phenomenon of photoperiodism was first discovered by Garner and Allard (1920, 22) in tobacco plant. They observed that Maryland Mammoth, the variety of tobacco could be made to flower only by reducing the light hours with artificial darkening. It could be made to remain vegetative in winter by providing extra light.
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