Question

Assertion: Floral initiation is done by florigen.
`Reason Florigen is translocated from flowers to leaves.
A. If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion.
B. If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion
C. If the assertion is true but the reason is false
D. If the assertion and reason is false but reason is true

Answer 1

Correct Answer - C
( c) Chjlakhjan, working on floral initiation, coined the term florigen for the flowering hormone thought to be present in photoinduced leaves and plants. It is supposed that leaf prepare a special compound A on receiving `CO_(2)`A on turn produces B in dark and is followed by farmation of C (florigen). The florigen translocates from vegetative meristems to floral intiation.