Bioassay for Gibberellin MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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MEDIUMWhile performing an experiment, a student detached endosperms from embryos, sterilized and allowed them to remain in 1 ml of test solution for 1-2 days. What will be the likely outcome of this experiment?
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In the dwarf pea bioassay, what is the purpose of applying GA solution to some seedlings?
What happens in the control experiment of the barley endosperm bioassay?
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Bioassay of Gibberellins
Dwarf pea bioassay
- Seeds of dwarf peas are allowed to germinate till the formation of coleoptile.
- GA solution is applied to some seedlings.
- Others are kept as control.
- After 5 days, epicotyl length is measured.
- GA stimulates epicotyl growth with a concentration as low as 1 Nanogram.
Barley endosperm bioassay
- Endosperms are detached from embryos, sterilized and allowed to remain in 1 ml of test solution for 1-2 days.
- There is a build-up of reducing sugars.
- The content of reducing sugar is proportional to gibberellin concentration.
- Reducing sugars are not formed in control experiment where endosperms are kept in plain water.
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