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The first important biological investigation which led to the conclusion that plant makes its substance from water and not from soil was carried out by

A

Lamarck

B

De Vries

C

Van Helmont

D

Darwin

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C
Helmont concluded that "all food of the plant is derived from raini water and not from soil and all parts of the plant develop from water".
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