A researcher found a beautiful plant while traveling in Alaska and collected its seeds. When she came back to Florida, she soaked some seeds in pure water and some in water with a hormone

When she put the seeds in soil to grow, only the seeds that had been soaked with the hormone germinated. The hormone most likely was _____.
A) gibberellin
B) abscisic acid (ABA)
C) auxin
D) ethylene


Answer: A

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