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Which plant hormone is primarily responsible for promoting cell elongation and causing a plant shoot to bend towards light (phototropism)?
Explanation
Explanation
Auxin is a plant growth hormone synthesised at the shoot tip; it moves to the shaded side of the shoot causing those cells to elongate more, resulting in the shoot bending towards light — a phenomenon called phototropism.
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