Which type of plant hormone is primarily responsible for inhibiting leaf abscission?

a. gibberellins
b. ethylene
c. jasmonates
d. abscisic acid
e. auxins


E

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The first peptide hormone discovered in plants was ____, which functions in wound response in the

tomato.

a. cytokinin b. systemin c. gibberellin d. jasmonate e. salicylic acid

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