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Dr.F went noted that if coleoptile 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 quantitive determination of small amounts of growth -promoting substances.

  • Option 3)

    It supports the hypothesis that IAA is auxin.

  • Option 4)

    It demonstartaed polar movement of auxins.

 

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Auxin -

Tryptophan is the precursor of Indole acetic acid (IAA, natural auxin). Important biassay of auxins are Avena curvature test and cross root inhibition test.

 

- wherein

Discovered by Went.

 

 

As discussed in

Leghaemoglobin -

The red pigment of the nodules produced as a result of Rhizobium legume complex

- wherein

It is oxygen scanvenger and protects nitrogen fixing enzyme nitrogenase from O_{2}

 

 


Option 1)

It made possible the isolation and exact identification of auxin.

This is incorrect option

Option 2)

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

This is correct option

Option 3)

It supports the hypothesis that IAA is auxin.

This is incorrect option

Option 4)

It demonstartaed polar movement of auxins.

This is incorrect option

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