Question
Fruit ripening is promoted by the hormone that also
promotes thinning of fruits in cherry and walnut
induce parthenocarpy in tomato
promote flowering in lemma
induce dormancy
Solution
A.
promotes thinning of fruits in cherry and walnut
Ethylene is the hormone that promotes fruit ripening. It also promoted thinning of fruits in cherry, cotton and walnut. It is a gaseous hormones, i.e. a gas that forms through the breakdown of methionine, which is in all cells. It is produced at a faster rate in rapidly growing and dividing cells, especially in darkness.
