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BotanyPlant Growth and DevelopmentPlant Growth RegulatorsEasy2 minPYQ_2020
BotanyEasysingle choice

Match the names correctly with their achievement.

ScientistContribution
a. E. Kurosawai. Isolated auxin from coleoptile tips of oat seedling
b. F. Skoog and Millerii. Confirmed the release of a volatile substance from ripened oranges that hastens ripening of bananas
c. F. W. Wentiii. The foolish seedling disease of rice
d. H.H. Cousinsiv. Identified and crystallized kinetin

Options:

Answer:
B
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.

Stream:NTA_ABHYAS_NEETSubject:BotanyTopic:Plant Growth and DevelopmentSubtopic:Plant Growth Regulators
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