The plants face wilting due to use of excessive fertilizers, because of

Options

(a) exosmosis
(b) imbibition
(c) endosmosis
(d) exosmosis & imbibition & endosmosis

Correct Answer:

exosmosis

Explanation:

Plants face wilting due to excessive spray/addition of fertilizers which makes the soil hypertonic and as a result plant cells lose water due to exosmosis and get plasmolysed. Wilting also occurs due to excess of transpiratory water loss over absorption.