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Which soil water form is readily available to the plant roots?

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**Step-by-Step Solution:** 1. **Identify the Types of Soil Water**: - There are three main forms of soil water: gravitational water, hygroscopic water, and capillary water. 2. **Understand Gravitational Water**: - Gravitational water is the water that moves through the soil due to the force of gravity. It drains away quickly and is not retained in the soil, making it unavailable for plant roots. ...
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  2. What is the term used for uptake of water by the hemicellulose and pe...

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  3. Name the forms of water in which it exists in the soil.

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  4. Which soil water form is readily available to the plant roots?

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  6. Name the pathway in which water flows along and between the cell wall...

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  7. What is symplast pathway?

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  9. Where are casparian strips in a root. Which chemical do they contain?

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  10. If the stem of a herbaceous plant is cut the sap exudes from that par...

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  11. The droplets are seen at the end of veins on the grass blades in earl...

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  12. In the capillary theory, what are the cohesive and adhesive forces?

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  13. In the transpiration pull theory, what causes the tension that leads ...

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  14. Name the important sites of transpiration in plants.

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  15. Which site accounts for about 90% of transpiration in plants?

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  16. Name one anti transpirant.

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  17. What is the shape of guard cells in dicot plants?

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  19. What is the effect of accumulation of K^(+) ions in guard cells ?

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  20. Which type of plants show guard cells that are dumb-bell shaped?

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