NEET Biology question

Statement 1: Ethylene stimulates growth in case of wounds and thus helps in wound healing. Statement 2: Ethylene causes triple response growth in plants.

(A)Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is True; Statement 2 is the correct explanation for Statement 1
(B)Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is True; Statement 2 is not the correct explanation for Statement 1Correct
(C)Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is False
(D)Statement 1 is False, Statement 2 is True

Answer: (B)

Solution

Ethylene genuinely stimulates localised cell division/growth around a wound and so assists wound healing (Statement 1, true), and ethylene also genuinely causes the triple response (inhibited elongation, radial swelling, horizontal growth) in etiolated

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