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Guttation - Explain.

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During high humidity in the atmoshpere,the rate of transpiration is much reduced.When plants absorb water in such a condition root pressure is developed due to excess water within the plant.Thus excess water exudats as liquid from the edges of the leaves and is called liquid from the edges of the leaves and is called guttation.eg:Grasses,tomato,potato,brinjal and Alocasia.Guttation occurs through stomata like like pores called hydathodes generally present in plants that frow in moist and shady place.pores are present over a mass of loosely arranged cells with large intercellular spaces called epithem .This mass of tissue lies near vein endings(xylem and Phloem).The liquid coming out of hydathode is not pure water but a solution containing a number of dissolved substances.
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