The plant hormone which triggers the fall of mature leaves and fruits from the plant body is:(a) auxin (b) gibberellin (c) abscisic acid (d) cytokinin

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(c) abscisic acid.

Abscisic acid is the growth inhibitor plant hormone, which causes abscission, i.e., triggers the fall of mature leaves and fruits from the plant body.

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