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1
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Name three biennial plants.

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Sugar beet cabbage carrot

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2
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Vernalisation is shown by _____ plants

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Biennial plants

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3
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Name three important food plants having two varieties winter and spring.

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Wheat Rye barley

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4
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Site of perception of light/ dark in plants are

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Leaves

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5
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In plants were there is no correlation between duration of Sunlight exposure and induction a flowering response are called

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Day neutral plants

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6
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Hormone playing an important in seed development maturation and dormancy is

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ABA

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7
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Aba stimulates – of stomata

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Closure

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8
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Aba inhibits _ and _

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Plant metabolism and seed germination

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9
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Pgr inhibitor

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Abscissc acid

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10
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In cucumber ethylene promotes

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Female flowering

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11
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The type Ethylene hastening fruit ripening in tomatoes and apple is

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Ethepon

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12
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Widely used pgr in agriculture

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Ethylene

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13
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Flowering in mango is induced by pgr

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Ethylene

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14
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Ethylene initiate flowering and synchronises fruit set in

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Pineapples

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15
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Ethylene Promotes root growth and root hair formation by increasing their

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Surface area

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16
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Pgr involved in Sporting a Potato Tuber is

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Ethylene

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17
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Ethylene promotes Rapid ____ in deep water rice plant

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Internode / Petiole elongation

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18
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Ethylene initiate germination in

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Peanut seeds

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19
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Ethylene Promotes fruit ripening by enhancing the

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Respiration rate

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20
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Ethylene promotes senescence and abscission of

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Leaves and flowers

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21
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Horizontal growth of seedlings, swelling of the axis is promoted by

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Ethylene

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22
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Apical hook formation in Dicot seedlings is promoted by

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Ethylene

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23
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Cytokinins promotes nutrient mobilization which help in the delay of

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Leaf senescence

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24
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The hormone that helps overcome apical dominance

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Cytokinins

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25
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The plant growth hormone that help in the production of new leaves, chloroplast lateral shoot growth and adventitious shoot formation

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Cytokinins

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26
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Bolting in beet and cabbage is can be induced by application of

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gibberellins

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27
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Process of internode elongation just prior to flowering is called

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Bolting

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28
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Gibberellins can induce early seed production in

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Conifers

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29
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The plant growth hormone used to delay senescence and speed up the malting process is

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Gibberellins

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30
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Auxin is responsible for controlling differentiation of which vascular tissue

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Xylem

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31
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Auxin used to kill dicot weeds

A

2 4-d

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32
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Technique widely applied in tea plantation and hedge making it

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Decapitation

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33
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Auxin promote flowering in which fruit

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Pineapples

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34
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Auxin was first isolated from

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Human urine

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35
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The presence of Ethylene was first confirmed by

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H. H Cousins

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36
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Cytokinesis promoting active substance discovered by Miller was termed

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Kinetin

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37
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Auxin was isolated by which scientist from tips of coleoptile of oat seedlings

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F. W Went

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38
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The discovery of plant growth hormone started with the observation of Charles Darwin and his son on unilateral illumination of ____ by growing towards light source

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Coleoptile

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39
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The plant growth hormone playing an important role in plant responses to wounds and stresses of biotic and abiotic origin is

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Aba

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40
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Gaseous plant growth regulator with inhibits growth activities is

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Ethylene

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41
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Plant growth hormone composed of terpenes is

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Gibberellic acid

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42
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Plant growth hormone which is a derivative of carotenoid is

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Aba

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43
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Name extrinsic factors affecting plant development

A

Light temperature water oxygen nutrition

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44
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Plant Development is considered as the sum of its

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Growth and differentiation

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45
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In buttercup difference in shapes of leaves produced in air and in water is an example of

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Heterophylly / plasticity

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46
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The process the includes all changes thatan organism goes through during its life cycle from germination of the seed to senescence iscalled

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Development

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47
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The cells positioned away from root apical Meristem differentiate as

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Root cap cells

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48
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During dedifferentiation when meristems are able to divide and produce cells that once again lose capacity to divide but then mature to perform specific function is known as

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Redifferentiation

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49
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Formation of interfascicular cambium from parenchyma cells is an example of

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Dedifferentiation

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50
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Formation of cork cambium

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Dedifferentiation

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51
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The living differentiated cells that have lost the capacity to divide can regain the capacity of division under certain condition the process is called

A

Dedifferentiation

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52
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Secondary cell walls of tracheary elements are composed of

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Lignocellulose

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53
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In order to form a tracheary element cell will lose its

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Protoplasm

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54
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The living differentiated cells that have lost the capacity to divide can regain the capacity of division under certain conditions called as

A

Dedifferentiation

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55
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An example of dedifferentiation in plants is

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Formation of cotk cambium

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56
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Formation of interfascicular cambium from parenchyma cells is an example of

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Dedifferentiation

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57
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During dedifferentiation when meristems are able to divide and produce cells that once again lose capacity to divide but then mature to perform specific functions is known as

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Redifferentiation

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58
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The cells positioned away from root apical Meristem differentiate as

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Root cap cells

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59
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The process that includes all changes that an organism goes through during its life cycle in germination of the seed to senescence is called

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Development

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60
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The ability of plants to follow different pathways in response to environment or phases of life to form different kinds of structures is called

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Plasticity

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61
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In buttercup the difference in shapes of leaves produced by air and in water is an example of

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Heterophylly or plasticity

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62
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Plant development is considered as the sum of its

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Growth and differtiation

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63
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Name three extrinsic factors affecting plant development

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Light temperature water oxygen nutrition

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64
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Pgr stands for

A

Plant growth regulators

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65
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An indole containing pgr is

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Indole 3 acetic acid

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66
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A pgr with adenine derivative is

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Kinetin or N6 furfurylamino purine

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67
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A PGR which is derivative of carotenoid is

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Abscisic acid

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68
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PGR composed of terpenes is

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Gibberllic acid

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69
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Name a gaseous PGR

A

Ethylene

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70
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The PGRs which are involved in growth promoting activities are called

A

Plant growth promoters

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71
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A gaseous plant growth regulator which inhibits growth activities is

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Ethylene

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72
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The pgr playing an important role in plant responses to wounds and stresses of biotic and abiotic origin is

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Abscissc acid

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73
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Discovery of pgr started with observations of Charles Darwin and his son on Unilateral illumination of _____ by growing towards light source

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Coleoptile

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74
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Auxin was isolated by which scientist from the tips of coleoptiles of oat seedlings

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FW Went

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75
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The bakanae(foolish seedling) disease of rice seedlings was caused by a fungal pathogen

A

Gibberella fujikuroi

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76
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The active substances held responsible for causing bakanae in rice seedlings was

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Gibberelibs

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77
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Cytokinesis promoting active substance discovered by Miller was termed

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Kinetin

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78
Q

Inhibitor B, abscission ll and dormin were identified chemically same and namef as

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Abscisic acid

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79
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The process of the ethylene was first confirmed by

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H.H cousins

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80
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The process of maturation of cells derived from a meristems and cambium to perform specific functions is called

A

Differentation

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81
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The two environmental signals that affect certain phases plan growth are

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Light and gravity

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82
Q

____ are required by plants for energy and synthesis of Protoplasm

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Nutrients

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83
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______ helps in releasing metabolic energy essential for growth activities

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Oxygen

84
Q

The three most Essential elements for plant growth are

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Water, oxygen and nutrients

85
Q

Turgidity of cells helps in growth by

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Extension

86
Q

Plants grow in size by

A

Cell enlargement

87
Q

The growth of the given system per unit time expression a common basis is called

A

Realtive growth rate

88
Q

Measurement and comparison of total growth per unit time is called

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Absolute growth rate

89
Q

What is measure of efficiency index in exponential growth expression

A

Realtive growth rate

90
Q

Lag and stationary phases are characteristics of____ growth

A

Exponential

91
Q

r’ in exponential growth expression represents

A

Realtive growth rate

92
Q

The curve which is a characteristic of living organism growing in a natural environment is

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Sigmoid

93
Q

The curve of exponential growth is

A

Sigmoid

94
Q

The exponential growth in plants slow down due to

A

Limited nutrient supply

95
Q

The growth in which both the progeny of cells following mitotic cell division retain their ability to divide and continue dividing is

A

Exponential growth

96
Q

The type of growth in which initial growth is slow but increases rapidly afterwards is

A

Exponential growth

97
Q

The curve Arithmetic growth comes out to be

A

Linear

98
Q

Root elongation a constant rate is an example of

A

Arithematic growth

99
Q

In Which type of growth following mitotic cell division only one daughter cell continues to divide while the other differentiates and matures

A

Arithematic

100
Q

The increased growth per unit time is called

A

Growth rate

101
Q

Cells in maximum size corresponds to which phase of growth

A

Maturation

102
Q

Increase vacoulation cell enlargement and new cell wall delosition are characteristics of the cells in which phase of growth

A

Elongation

103
Q

Abundant Protoplasm large nuclei and primary nature of walls are characteristics of cells undergoing __ growth

A

Meristematic

104
Q

The period of growth is divided into three phases namely

A

Meristmatic elongation and maturation

105
Q

Growth of dorsiventral leaf is measured in terms of

A

Surface area

106
Q

Growth of pollen tube measured in terms of

A

Length

107
Q

One single Maize root apical Meristem can give rise to more than ____ new cells per hour

A

17500

108
Q

Increase in fresh weight, dry weight, length, area, volume are parameters for measuring increase in

A

Growth

109
Q

Lateral meristems are responsible for ___ growth of plant

A

Secondary

110
Q

The meristems that cause increase in girth of organs are known as

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Lateral meristems

111
Q

The two Lateral Meristem are

A

Vascular and cork cambium

112
Q

Lateral Meristem appear later in life in ___ and ____

A

Dicots and gymnosperms

113
Q

Root and shoot Meristem are responsible for___ growth of plants

A

Primary

114
Q

The former growth where in new cells are always being added to plant body by the activity of the Meristem is called ___ form of growth

A

Open

115
Q

Plants retain capacity for unlimited growth throughout their life due to presence of

A

Meristems

116
Q

The most fundamental and fundamental characteristic of living beings is

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Growth

117
Q

The first step in the process of plant growth is

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Seed germination

118
Q

_____ is the sum of growth and differentiation

A

Development

119
Q

mechanism of breakdown of food materials within the cell to release energy

A

Cellular respiration

120
Q

Energy released is stored in the form of

A

ATP

121
Q

In eukaryotes The breakdown of complex molecules to release energy takes place in

A

Cytoplasm and mitochondria

122
Q

Breakdown of carbon to carbon bonds of Complex compounds through oxidation in the cells leading to the release of considerable amount of energy is called

A

Respiration

123
Q

Biomolecules commonly used as a substrate is

A

Carbohydrates

124
Q

Energy is released during the process of _____ during photosynthesis

A

Oxidation

125
Q

Respiration in plants occurs with the help of

A

Oxygen

126
Q

Structure in plants responsible for gaseous exchange are

A

Lenticels and stomata

127
Q

living cells beneath the bark having openings for gaseous exchange are called

A

Lenticels

128
Q

Interconnected network of air spaces is provided by loose packaging of which cells in leaf stem and root

A

Parenchyma cells

129
Q

The combustion of glucose produce what with along energy

A

Carbon dioxide and water

130
Q

Breakdown of glucose and pyruvic acid is called

A

Glycolysis

131
Q

Glycolysis is also called

A

Emp pathway

132
Q

The scheme of glycolysis was given by the contribution of

A

Gustav embden. Otto meyerhof. And J parnas

133
Q

Only process of respiration in anaerobic organisms is

A

Glycolysis

134
Q

In glycolysis glucose undergoes partial oxidation

to form two molecules of

A

Pyruvic acid

135
Q

In plants, glucose is usually derived from

A

Sucrose

136
Q

The end product of photosynthesis

A

Sucrose

137
Q

Enzyme that converts glucose to sucrose

A

Invertase

138
Q

The monosaccharides that readily enter glycolytic pathway is

A

Glucose and fructose

139
Q

Glucose / Fructose is phosphorylated to form

A

Glucose 6 phosphate

140
Q

the enzyme responsible for phosphorylating glucose/Fructose is

A

Hexokinase

141
Q

Total number of reactions occurring in glycolysis

A

10

142
Q

Conversion of glucose to glucose 6 phosphate requires

A

Utilisation of ATP

143
Q

In Glycolysis atp is required to convert Fructose 6 phosphate to

A

Fructose 1 6 bisphosphate

144
Q

Fructose 1 6 bisphosphate splits into

A

Dihydroxyacetone phosphate and 3-phosphoglyceraldehyde

145
Q

PGAL is converted into

A

1,3 - bisphosphoglycerate

146
Q

Two Redox equivalents are removed in the form of two hydrogen atoms from which compound and transferred to a molecule of NAD+

A

3 phosphoglyceraldehyde

147
Q

BPGA is converted into

A

3 Phosphoglyceric acid

148
Q

In glycolysis during synthesis of what ATP is yielded.

A

PGA and pyruvic acid

149
Q

The compound directly converted to pyruvic acid

A

Phosphoenolpyruvate

150
Q

The key product of glycolysis is

A

Pyruvate

151
Q

The process that takes place for oxidation of glucose under anaerobic condition in many prokaryotes and unicellular eukaryotes is

A

Fermentation

152
Q

Process of incomplete oxidation of glucose in yeast is

A

Fermentation

153
Q

During fermentation pyruvic acid is converted to

A

Carbon dioxide and ethanol

154
Q

The formation of carbon dioxide in fermentation is catalyzed by the enzyme

A

Pyruvic acid decarboxylase

155
Q

The process of production of Ethanol during fermentation is catalysed by the enzyme

A

Alcohol dehydrogenase

156
Q

Bacteria produce___ by pyruvic acid during fermentation

A

lactic acid

157
Q

Conversion of pyruvic acid to lactic acid is catalysed by

A

Lactate dehydrogenase

158
Q

Reducing agent in fermentation is

A

N A D H + H+

159
Q

Percentage of energy released in glucose by fermentation is less than

A

7%

160
Q

Alcohol poisons itself to death when concentration of alcohol reaches above

A

13%

161
Q

Aerobic respiration in eukaryotes occur in

A

Mitochondria

162
Q

The process of complete oxidation of organic compounds in the presence of oxygen to release CO2 water and energy is called

A

Aerobic respiration

163
Q

Aerobic respiration to take place pyruvate is transported from cytoplasm to

A

Mitochondria

164
Q

Complete oxidation of pyruvate leaving three molecules of Co2 is a crucial step in the process of

A

Aerobic Respiration

165
Q

During aerobic respiration the passing on of the electrons removed as a part of hydrogen atom to the molecular O2 leads to the synthesis of

A

ATP

166
Q

Oxidation of pyruvate releasing 3 molecules Co2 occurs in the

A

Mitochondrial matrix

167
Q

In which compartment synthesis of ATP take place

A

Inner membrane of Mitochondria

168
Q

Product formed by glycolytic catabolism of carbohydrate in the cytosol forms

A

Pyruvate

169
Q

Pyruvate after entering mitochondrial Matrix undergoes the process of

A

Oxidative decarboxylation

170
Q

Oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate is catalyzed by enzyme

A

Pyruvic dehydrogenase

171
Q

The coenzymes required by pyruvate dehydrogenase to catalyse the reaction are

A

N A D + and CoA

172
Q

Weak acid is converted to carbon dioxide N A D H, H + and ____ by the action of pyruvate dehydrogenase

A

Acetyl CoA

173
Q

How many Molecules of nadh are produced by oxidative decarboxylation of two molecules of pyruvic acid

A

2

174
Q

The compound that enters TCA cycle is

A

Acetyl CoA

175
Q

TCA cycle was elucidated for the first time by

A

Hans Kerbs

176
Q

TCA cycle starts with the condensation of acetyl group with water and

A

Oxaloacetic acid

177
Q

In TCA, acetyl group condenses with OAA and water to yield

A

Citric acid

178
Q

The reaction of synthesis of citric acid is catalysed by

A

Citrate synthase

179
Q

Citrate is isomerised to form

A

Isocitrate

180
Q

The technique of growing plants in a nutrient solution is known

A

Hydroponics

181
Q

The scientist who demonstrated hydroponics for the first time

A

Julius Von Sachs

182
Q

In hydroponics it is important that the nutrients solution must be

A

Aerated

183
Q

Most of minerals are provided to plant by

A

Soil

184
Q

How to 105 discovered elements more than ___ are found in different varieties of plants

A

60

185
Q

An essential element should be directly involved in the___ of plant

A

Metabolism

186
Q

Element which cannot be replaced by another element is called

A

Essential element

187
Q

The macronutrients obtained on carbon dioxide and water are

A

Carbon hydrogen and oxygen

188
Q

Micro elements are also called as

A

Trace elements

189
Q

Name all the micro elements of plants

A

Iron manganese copper molybdenum zinc Boron chlorine and Nickel

190
Q

The beneficial elements required by higher plants are

A

Na si co se

191
Q

Elements are classified into four groups on the basis of their

A

Diverse functions

192
Q

Structural elements

A

c h o n

193
Q

Energy related element in chlorophyll is

A

Magnesium

194
Q

Sexual reproduction which include similar gametes which are motile and and not true in

A

Ulothrix and blue green algae respectively

195
Q

Which order does mango belong to

A

Mango belongs to the order sapindales

196
Q

What structure is found in colocasia and zaminkand

A

Corm

197
Q

What is a structure with in which a branch arise from base of main stem grow aerialy and form and arch in air

A

Stolon

198
Q

Equisetum has which type of spores

A

Homospores

199
Q

Cord moss

A

Funaria

200
Q

Gingko do not have zygotic meiosis T or F

A

T

201
Q

Methylophilus methylotrophus

A

Single cell protein

202
Q

Peduncle

A

Inflorescence axis

203
Q

Which group of plants represent smallest group with perennial plants only

A

Gymnosperms

204
Q

Endosperm in gymnosperms is

A

Gametophytic in nature

205
Q

Neck Canal cells are absent in archegonia of

A

Gymnosperms having Archegonia

206
Q

Roots have endogenous origin of lateral branches true or false

A

True

207
Q

What origin of lateral branches do stem have

A

Exogenous origin