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Phytohormones are...

Phytohormones are

A

hormones regulating growth from seed to adulthood

B

growth regulators synthesised by plants and infuencing physiological process

C

hormones regulating flowering

D

hormones regulating secondary growth.

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B
Growth regulators are organic substances, other then mutrients, which in low concentration regulate growth , differentiation and development by promoting or inhibiting the same . Photohormones are growth regulators produced naturally in plants and translocated to another region for regulating one or more physiological reactions when present in low concentration . phytohormone can have a promoting or inhibiting effect on a process.
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