Question
Give two examples of turgor movements in plants.
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Answer
Examples of turgor movements in plants:
- In Mimosa pudica, a sensitive plant, the stimulus of touch leads to loss of turgor at the base of the leaflets and at the base of the petioles called This causes the folding and drooping of leaves of the plant.
- The leaves of insectivorous plants close up to entrap a living prey. When the insect come in contact with; the leaf, itloses itturgor hence closing the leaves of the
- The bending movements of certain flowers towards the (Any two)
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