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Plants also respond to external stimuli. How do you feel about this ?

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1) A very interesting thing in plants in movement of tendrils.
2) All plants show positive response to phototropism.
3) But creepers like cucumber, bittergourd the stem is weak and thin hence plant cannot grow erect.
4) Tendrills play a vital role to make the plant erect. Tendrils are thin thread like growth on the leaves or stems of climbing plant.
5) They grow towards support and wind around them.
6) This type of response to make contact or touch is called thigmotropism.
7) Nature only finds its way to grow and survive on the earth.
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