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GA delays programmed cell death in aleurone by antagonizing:

Pick C: ABA. Thinking through Phytohormone ALL step by step rules out the lookalikes and leaves ABA. Skip these: A) Auxin; B) Cytokinin; D) Ethylene. For hormones and genes, match the molecule or gene to its real role, not a neighboring pathway.

Ref: Best CSIR NET Plant Physiology books: Master Unit 6 with Taiz & Zeiger and Salisbury & Ross. Crack Part C experimental questions with top textbooks.

Programmed cell death in cereal aleurone is promoted by:

Correct option is B, GA. In Gibberellins problems like this, the accurate statement is GA; the others are common mix-ups. Not these: A) ABA; C) Ethylene; D) Auxin. Tissue transport questions usually turn on xylem vs phloem, living vs dead cells, or source vs sink.

Ref: Best CSIR NET Plant Physiology books: Master Unit 6 with Taiz & Zeiger and Salisbury & Ross. Crack Part C experimental questions with top textbooks.