NTA Abhyas NEET2020BotanyPlant - Growth and DevelopmentPractice
Match the names correctly with their achievement. Scientist Contribution a . E. Kurosawa i. Isolated auxin from coleoptile tips of oat seedling b . F. Skoog and Miller ii. Confirmed the release of a volatile substance from ripened oranges that hastens ripening of bananas c . F. W. Went iii. The foolish seedling disease of rice d . H.H. Cousins iv. Identified and crystallized kinetin
Options
- Aa - i i i , b - i i , c - i v , d - i
- Ba - i i i , b - i v , c - i , d - i i
- Ca - i i , b - i , c - i v , d - i i i
- Da - i i i , b - i , c - i i , d - i v
Correct answer
B. a - i i i , b - i v , c - i , d - i i
Step-by-step solution
Auxin was isolated by F.W. Went from tips of coleoptiles of oat seedlings. Skoog and Miller identified and crystallized the cytokinesis promoting active substances that they termed kinetin. E. Kurosawa reported the appearance of symptoms of the 'Bakane' (a foolish seedling disease in uninfected rice seedlings when they were treated with sterile filtrates of the fungus. H.H. Cousins confirmed the release of a volatile substance from ripened oranges that hastened the ripening of stored unripened bananas.