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A flowering plant is planted in an earthen pot and irrigated. Urea is added in high amouts to make the plant grow faster but after same time the plant died. This may be due to `"_______"`

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The plant dies due to exosmosis. As the solution outside the plant is an hypertonic solution, and the plant celsl are hypotonic in nature, so there is a gradual movement of water from plant cell to utside urea solution leading to plasmolysis of root cells and plant dies gradually.
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