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प्रश्न
The figure given below shows the stages of ripening in a banana. Answer the questions that follow:
- Name the plant hormone responsible for the above changes.
- Mention two characteristic features of this hormone.
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उत्तर
- Ethylene is the hormone responsible for the above changes. At ordinary temperatures, ethylene is a gas; it helps in the ripening of bananas when stored together.
- Characteristic features of ethylene:
- It is synthesised in senescent leaves and flowers, germinating seeds and ripening fruits.
- It promotes root growth and root hair formation and it also induces and promotes fruit ripening.
संबंधित प्रश्न
What would be expected to happen if A rotten fruit gets mixed with unripe fruits?
Compound which is most widely used as a source of ethylene is ____________.
In which of the following cases ethylene (gaseous phytohormone) synthesized in large amounts by tissues?
- Ripening of fruits
- Senescence
- Cell division promoting activity
- Actively growing apices of stems and roots.
Which hormone is produced mostly in all parts of a plant?
Which phytohormones is called secondary hormone?
A farmer grows cucumber plants in his field. He wants to increase the number of female flowers in them. Which plant growth regulation can be applied to achieve this?
Ethylene is synthesised in ______.
What is epinasty?
Name the following:
A gaseous plant hormone which promotes the ripening of fruits.
The hormone which promotes the ripening of fruits is ______.
