Plant Growth And Development Question 108

Question: The primary precurser of IAA is [DPMT 1981; CPMT 1990]

Options:

A) Phenyl alanine

B) Tyrosine

C) Tryptophan

D) Leucine

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

Natural auxins are synthesized in physiologically active parts of plants such as shoot apices, leaf primordia and developing seeds, bud, embryos from amino acid tryptophan.