Which plant hormone was discovered as kinetin?

ABA

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Ethylene

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Auxin

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Cytokinin

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Solution

The correct option is D Cytokinin
Kinetin was first isolated from herring sperm DNA by Miller and Skoog. It is a type of naturally occurring cytokinin, a plant hormone. It promotes growth. It induces cell division or cytokinesis.
Thus, the correct answer is option D.

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