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Question
One of the following plant hormones is responsible for the phenomenon of phototropism in plants. This is :
(a) gibberellin
(b) eltroxin
(c) cytokinin
(d) auxin
Solution
(d) auxin
Auxin is responsible for the phenomenon of phototropism in plants.
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