NEET2010BotanyPlant - Growth and DevelopmentActual
One of the commonly used plant growth hormone in tea plantations is
Options
- Aethylene
- Babscissic acid
- Czeatin
- Dindole-3-acetic acid
Correct answer
D. indole-3-acetic acid
Step-by-step solution
Tea plants are grown by stem cuttings. If we dip the lower cut end of a cutting in dilute solution of auxins (IAA, IBA, etc), very soon large number of roots are developed on the cut ends, due to which these cutting develop into successful plants.