Question

Florist sprinkled a plant hormone to prevent wilting of leaves. Name the hormone he must have used. Give two more examples of plant hormones and also write their functions.

Answer 1

A plant hormone to avoid shrinking of leaves by the flower vendor must be Auxin. It is the hormone which controls shrivelling of leaves and ageing of organic products. It additionally animates shoot and root development, bloom opening.

Two examples of plant hormones are:

1) Auxins additionally advance organic product development. Auxin hormone is in charge of phototropic and geotropic reactions of plants.

2) Giberellins are plant hormones that help in breaking the dormancy in seeds and buds and also used to bring about elongation of internodes in certain commercially important plants like sugarcane for better yield.