A plant hormone that is essential for cell division.

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Solution

Cytokinins:
It is an example of a plant growth promoter hormone.
F. Skoog discovered it in internodal segments of tobacco stem.
Some of the examples are
Kinetin – A modified form of adenine (a purine).
Zeatin- isolated from the corn kernel.
They are found in regions with rapid cell division in Root and shoot apices.

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Name a plant hormone which promotes cell division.

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