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1. Spraying sugarcane crop with ....a.... increases in the length of the stem, thus increasing the yield by as much as .....b.. tonnes per acre.
2. ........c does not occur naturally in plants.
3. Search for natural substances with cytokinin like activities led to the isolation of ...d... from corn kernels and coconut milk.

A

a-auxins, b-lO, o-NA A, d-zeatin (

B

a-gibberellins, b-20, c-zeatin, d-kinetin

C

a-gibberellins, b-lO, c-zeatin, d-kinetin

D

a--gibberellins, b---20, c-kinetin, d-zeatin

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D
a. Spraying sugarcane crop with gibberellins increases the length of the stem, thus increasing the yield by much as 20 tonnes per acre
b. Kinetin does not occur naturally in plants.
c. Search for natural substances with cytokinin like activities led to the isolation of zeatin from corn kernels and coconut milk.
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