Biology PYQ 399 of 399 · Inventions, Discoveries & Scientists

The ones who discovered photoperiodism in plants are -

  1. AGarner and Allard
  2. BSteward and Salisbury
  3. CThimann and Skoog
  4. DMore than one of the above
  5. ENone of the above

BPSC TRE-1 (Aug 2023)

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Correct answer: (a) Garner and Allard

Explanation

Photoperiodism, the response of plants to the length of day and night, was discovered by W. W. Garner and H. A. Allard in 1920. They studied the Maryland Mammoth tobacco, which flowers only when days are short.

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