When a Nursery Worker Pinches Off the Terminal Buds on a Young

question 50

Multiple Choice

When a nursery worker pinches off the terminal buds on a young plant to make it grow bushy, which plant hormone, when produced, is mainly responsible for growth of side branches?

• A) an auxin
• B) a gibberellin
• C) a cytokinin
• D) abscisic acid (ABA)

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