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Initially, the ABA was identified as

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## CORE INFORMATION
✓ **Answer**: D
## CONCEPT FRAMEWORK
**Primary Concept**: History of plant hormone discovery and nomenclature
**Related Topics**: Plant Physiology, Abscisic Acid, Plant Growth Regulators
**Prerequisites**: Basic knowledge of plant hormones and their historical naming.
## SOLUTION PATHWAY
**Given Information**:
  - The question asks about the initial names for ABA.
**Method & Steps**:
1. Recall the different names given to ABA before it was standardized.
2. Recognize that ABA was initially known by several names due to independent research.
3. Identify the options that correspond to those initial names.
**Result**: ABA was known as Inhibitor B, Abscission II, and Dormin.
## OPTION ANALYSIS
[A] :x: Inhibitor B was one of the initial names, but not the only one.
[B] :x: Abscission II was one of the initial names, but not the only one.
[C] :x: Dormin was one of the initial names, but not the only one.
[D] ✓: Correct because all three names were used to describe what is now known as ABA.
## LEARNING AIDS
**Common Mistakes**:
1. Mistaking the initial names for different hormones: Avoid by remembering that these were all eventually identified as the same substance, ABA.
2. Forgetting the historical context of discovery: Understanding that hormones were often discovered independently and named differently.
**Quick Tips**:
1. Use mnemonics to remember the initial names (e.g., IAD for Inhibitor, Abscission, Dormin)
2. Relate the initial names to the functions of ABA (e.g., abscission for leaf fall)

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Inhibitor B

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Abscission II

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Dormin

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The correct Option is "All of these"

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