You Are Part of a Desert Plant Research Team Trying

question 20

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, under water-deficit conditions, produces a hormone that triggers a suite of drought responses. Most likely the hormone is ________.

• A) abscisic acid
• B) gibberellin
• C) auxin
• D) florigen
• E) methyl salicylate

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