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Ethylene is a simple gaseous plant growth regulator (PGR). It is synthesised in large amounts by tissues undergoing senescence and ripening fruits. Influences of ethylene on plants include horizontal growth of seedlings, swelling of the axis and apical hook formation in dicot seedlings. Ethylene promotes senescence and abscission of plant organs especially of leaves and flowers. Ethylene is highly effective in fruit ripening. It enhances the respiration rate during ripening of the fruits. This rise in rate of respiration is called as respiratory climactic.

Ethylene is a simple gaseous plant growth regulator. It is synthesised in large amounts by tissues undergoing senescence and ripening fruits. Influences of ethylene on plants include horizontal growth of seedlings, swelling of the axis and apical hook formation in dicot seedlings. Ethylene promotes senescence and abscission of plant organs especially of leaves and flowers. Ethylene is highly effective in fruit ripening. It enhances the respiration rate during ripening of the fruits. This rise in rate of respiration is called as respiratory climactic.

Ethylene is a simple gaseous plant growth regulator. It is synthesised in large amounts by tissues undergoing senescence and ripening fruits. Influences of ethylene on plants include horizontal growth of seedlings, swelling of the axis and apical hook formation in dicot seedlings. Ethylene promotes senescence and abscission of plant organs especially of leaves and flowers. Ethylene is highly effective in fruit ripening. It enhances the respiration rate during ripening of the fruits. This rise in rate of respiration is called as respiratory climactic.

Ethylene is a simple gaseous plant growth regulator (PGR). It is synthesised in large amounts by tissues undergoing senescence and ripening fruits. Influences of ethylene on plants include horizontal growth of seedlings, swelling of the axis and apical hook formation in dicot seedlings. Ethylene promotes senescence and abscission of plant organs especially of leaves and flowers. Ethylene is highly effective in fruit ripening. It enhances the respiration rate during ripening of the fruits. This rise in rate of respiration is called as respiratory climacteric.

Ethylene is a simple gaseous plant growth regulator (PGR). It is synthesised in large amounts by tissues undergoing senescence and ripening fruits. Influences of ethylene on plants include horizontal growth of seedlings, swelling of the axis and apical hook formation in dicot seedlings. Ethylene promotes senescence and abscission of plant organs especially of leaves and flowers. Ethylene is highly effective in fruit ripening. It enhances the respiration rate during ripening of the fruits. This rise in rate of respiration is called as respiratory climactic.

During the early 20th century, scientists observed that the gas ethylene (C$ _2$H$ _4$) has several effects on plant growth, but not until 1934 did they demonstrate that plants produce ethylene. This natural hormone influences many plant processes. Ethylene inhibits cell elongation, promotes seed germination, promotes apical dominance and is involved in plant responses to wounding or invasion by disease causing microorganisms. Ethylene also has a major role in many aspects of senescence, including fruit ripening. As a fruit ripens, it produces ethylene, which triggers an acceleration of the ripening process. This induces the fruit to produce more ethylene, which further accelerates ripening.

Ethylene is a simple gaseous plant growth regulator (PGR). It is synthesised in large amounts by tissues undergoing senescence and ripening fruits. Influences of ethylene on plants include horizontal growth of seedlings, swelling of the axis and apical hook formation in dicot seedlings. Ethylene promotes senescence and abscission of plant organs especially of leaves and flowers. Ethylene is highly effective in fruit ripening. It enhances the respiration rate during ripening of the fruits. This rise in rate of respiration is called as respiratory climacteric.

Ethylene is also known as ripening hormone.It is responsible for the changes in texture, softening, colour and other processes required for ripening. Thus the correct answer is option A. 

Hormones are the biochemicals which target the cells/organs away from the site of their secretion. Enzymes are the biocatalysts which accelerate the bioreactions by lowering the activation energy of the reaction. Ethylene is a gaseous hormone which is involved in germination, growth, abscission, ripening and stress responses. Thus, option A is correct. 

Ethylene is a volatile compound and the only gaseous plant growth hormone which is mainly found in ripening fruits, flowers and leaves. Its unsaturated nature and small structure make it a volatile compound. It is responsible for fruit ripening and induction of leaf senescence. This makes option B correct. Auxins are growth hormones that stimulate growth by cell division and cell elongation. They are synthesized in shoot and root tip and are also used as weedicide that selectively acts against certain weeds. Auxins includes IAA, IBA and 2,4-D which are complex compounds and are not gaseous. Cytokinins stimulate cell division, even in non-meristematic cells, in presence of auxin. They are most abundant in the growing tissues which are active site of cell division, for example: root, embryos, fruits etc. They are substituted adenosine compounds and are not gaseous. Gibberellins are hormones of bolting (stem elongation) and reversal dwarfism by increasing the internodal length. They are tetra carbocyclic compounds with characteristic gibbane skeleton having four rings of carbon and hence are not gaseous hormones. Thus, the correct answer is option B.