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To increase sugar production in sugarcanes, they are sprayed with

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I A A

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cytokinin

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gibberellin

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ethylene

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Sugarcane stores carbohydrates in its stem. Sparying the sugarcane crop with gibberellins increase the length of stem and yield of sugarcane to as much as 20 tonnes/acre.
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