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A chemical believed to be involved in fl...

A chemical believed to be involved in flowering is

A

gibberellin

B

kinetin

C

florigen

D

IBA

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C
Chailakhyan (1936) proposed that photoperiodic induction produces a chemical complex 'florigen' for flowering It is synthesised in the older leaves and then transferred to the growing region where it initiates the floral bud initiation. However, florigen has not been extracted, nor identified till now.
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