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Detailed explanation-1: -Cytokinins are plant hormones which promotes cytokinesis or cell division. It also helps in opening of stomata, delaying ageing in leaves, etc.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cytokinin is generally considered to promote mitotic cell division in the shoot, but differentiation and transition to the endocycle in the root.

Detailed explanation-3: -Auxin promotes cell division and meristem maintenance and also plays an important role in the establishment of cellular patterning. Plant development thus integrates the regulation of cell proliferation and growth with further cell expansion and differentiation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cytokinins promote cell division, cell growth and differentiation along with auxin. Ethylene is responsible for fruit ripening. Abscisic acid helps the plant to sustain in adverse conditions. Gibberellins enable the plants to grow taller.

Detailed explanation-5: -So, the correct answer is ‘Cytokinin’.