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Development

Answer

  1. Development is progressive changes taking place in shape, form and degree of complexity in an organism.
  2. In plants, it includes all the changes taking place in sequence from seed germination to senescence or death of plant.
  3. Development is an orderly process.
  4. It includes growth, morphogenesis, maturation and senescence.

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