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The hormone that promotes fruit ripening in plants is ________.

  1. Auxin
  2. Gibberellin
  3. Cytokinin
  4. Ethylene

Answer: Ethylene

Ethylene is a gaseous plant hormone triggering ripening, senescence, and abscission. Commercially used for artificial ripening of bananas, mangoes. Important for agriculture questions. [[NCERT Biology Class 11]]

Topic Biology - Plant Physiology
Exam Relevance SSC CGL, Railway NTPC, UPSC CAPF