a. Give two functions of this phytohormone.

b. Which property of Gibberellin caused foolish seedling disease in rice?

Solution:

a) Gibberellins cause fruits to lengthen and form to improve. It is also in charge of delaying the onset of senescence. Spraying gibberellins on sugarcane crops improves stem length, which enhances sugar output, resulting in a yield gain of over 20 tonnes per acre.

b) Gibberellin has the ability to lengthen internodes.