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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
To increase the sugar production in sugarcanes they are sprayed with ______
______ is a gaseous hormone involved in the abscission of organs and acceleration of fruit ripening.
Ethylene retards the senescence of leaves, flowers, and fruits.
Name the gaseous plant hormone. Describe its three different actions in plants.
What would be expected to happen if A rotten fruit gets mixed with unripe fruits?
Synthesis of ethylene takes place in ______
Which phytohormones is called secondary hormone?
Which hormone is responsible for fruit ripening?
Ethylene is synthesised in ______.
Name the following:
A gaseous plant hormone which promotes the ripening of fruits.
