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Manipal Medical Manipal Medical Solved Paper-2000

  • question_answer
    The continuous excretion of watery substance from stump of a well watered pot plant after cutting off the shoot slightly above the base is due to:

    A)  root pressure     

    B)  guttation

    C)  transpiration     

    D)  imbibition

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

     Root pressure is developed by the roots due to absorption of water by xylem elements of roots. The term root pressure was coined by Stephan Hales in 1797.


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