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Question
Name the phytohormone related with the given phenomenon.
- Apical dominance
- Bolting of Cabbage
- Artificial ripening of fruit
- Acts as Anti-transpirant by closing stomata
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Solution
- Auxin
- Gibberellins
- Ethylene
- Abscisic acid
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