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Wilting of plants result from excessive………
a) respiration                                       
b) photosynthesis
c) absorption                                       
d) transpiration


d

In many thin leaved mesophytes, stomata open during day and close at night. This comes under
a) alphalpha type                              
b) pea type
c) potato type                                      
d) tomato type

a

Generally, the number of stomata per square centimeter leaf area is………..
a) in hundred                                       
b) thousand
c) both a, b                                           
d) None of these

b

Plant die due to wilting when…………..
a) available light is reduced to half
b) xylem is blocked      
c) phloem is blocked
d) a few roots are broken

b

Conversion of starch to organic acid is essential for stomatal…………
a) closure                                              
b) opening
c) initiation                                           
d) growth


b

The process of the escape of liquid from the tip of injured leaf is called………..
a) evaporation                                    
b) transpiration
c) guttation                          
d) evapo-transpiration

c