The word cytokinin which induces cell division was given by ...............
A
Yabuta
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Brown
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C
Letham
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D
Fitting
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Solution
The correct option is C Letham In botany, kinins were the first name given for these phytohormones. It resulted in lot of confusion. Thus, it was later changed to cytokinins to avoid confusion. It was coined by Letham in 1963.