You Are Part of a Desert Plant Research Team Trying

question 84

Multiple Choice

You are part of a desert plant research team trying to discover crops that will be productive in arid climates. You discover a plant that produces a hormone under water-deficit conditions that triggers a suite of drought responses. Most likely the hormone is

• A) ABA.
• B) GA.
• C) IAA.
• D) 2, 4-D.
• E) salicylic acid.

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