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Dr. F Went noted that if coleoptile tips were removed and placed on agar for one hour, the agar would produce a bending when Placed on one side of freshly cut coleoptile stumps. Of what significance is this experiment?

 

Option: 1

It made possible the isolation and exact identification of auxin

 


Option: 2

 It is the basis for quantitative determination of small amounts of growth-promoting substances

 


Option: 3

 It supports the hypothesis that IAA is auxin

 


Option: 4

It demonstrated polar movement of auxins

 


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Dr. F Went isolated auxin from Avena coleoptile tip. His experiment demonstrated the polar movement of auxins, 1e. It showed that the plants grow towards light in response to a signal generated in the tip of the coleoptile by a plant hormone auxin. Hence, the correct answer is option 2.

 

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