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

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.

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