Name: Conditions Required for Seed Germination
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 2 min 44 s
Description: For a seed to germinate, certain conditions must be met. Wondering what those conditions are? Then watch this video right away, and learn about them.

Question

Name the cytokinin-like substance isolated from corn kernels and coconut milk.

Accepted Answer

The cytokinin-like substance isolated from the coconut milk is kinetin. It was discovered when F Skoog and his coworkers were studying the nutritional requirements of the tissue culture, made nutrient medium derived from the internodal segments of the tobacco stems.

It was observed by them that a callus proliferated when the nutrient medium containing auxin was supplemented with the extract of vascular tissues or yeasts or coconut milk. Further, the compounds that exhibited kinetin like properties were termed as cytokinins.

Zeatin is a naturally occurring cytokinin, isolated from maize grains. It is the growth regulator isolated from the endosperm. It controls cell-division even in non-meristematic tissues.

Name the cytokinin-like substance isolated from corn kernels and coconut milk.

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