Q.

The shedding of leaves, flowers or fruits due to change in the hormonal balance in plants, is referred as
a) Senescence           b) Ascission             c) Photoperiodism          d) vernalization

1 A
2 B
3 C
4 D

Ans.

(b) Abscission the shedding of a body part, commonly refers to the process by which a plant intentionally drops one or more of its parts, such as a leaf, fruit, flower or seed.