Question

Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
A hormone that causes cell division and is found in coconut milk or in dividing root tissue is:

• A. abscisic acid
• B. auxin
• C. cytokinin
• D. gibberelthi

Answer 1

The correct option is C cytokinin

In the presence of auxin (but not in its absence) kinetin stimulated tobacco pith parenchyma tissue to proliferate in culture. Later, zeatin was identified as the first naturally occurring cytokinin in immature maize endosperm (Letham, 1973), and turns out to be the abundant cytokinin in coconut milk.

So, the correct option is 'cytokinin'.