Question

What is the meaning of bolting?

• A. Internode elongation just after flowering
• B. Internode elongation just prior to flowering
• C. Removal of dicot weeds
• D. To induce parthenocarpy

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

One of the important hormones as growth regulator in plants is the gibberellins. It is a type of promotory hormones. One of the effects of this hormone is the increase in the axis of the stem. This property utilized by a horticulturist in inducing flowering by 'bolting'. In bolting, using the gibberellin hormone the flowering stem is developed by internode elongation before flowering.