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NEET Botany Plant - Growth and Development 2024 NEET 2024

NEET Botany Question (2024) — Solution

Question

Auxin is used by gardeners to prepare weed-free lawns. But no damage is caused to grass as auxin

Options

  1. A. promotes abscission of mature leaves only.
  2. B. does not affect mature monocotyledonous plants.
  3. C. can help in cell division in grasses, to produce growth.
  4. D. promotes apical dominance.

Answer

B. does not affect mature monocotyledonous plants.

Step-by-step solution

Auxin does not affect mature monocot plants. In monocots, especially grasses show limited translocation and cause rapid degradation of external auxin.

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