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प्रश्न
Excessive use of fertilisers in agricultural fields reduces the yield of crops. Justify the statement.
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उत्तर
The excessive use of fertilizers in agriculture increases the concentration of solvents outside of the root cells, which causes exosmosis. The state of the crops becomes plasmolysis/Flaccid, which results in a diminishing yield.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
A plant cell may burst when :
Differentiate between the following:
Turgor pressure and wall pressure
What is the difference between ‘flaccid’ and ‘turgid’? Give one example of flaccid condition in plants.
Give reason for the following:
It is better to transplant seedlings in a flower-bed in the evening and not in the morning.
Give reason for the following:
A plant cell, when kept in a hypertonic salt solution for about 30 minutes, turns flaccid.
A leaf cell of a water plant was placed in a liquid other than pond water. After sometime, it assumed a shape as shown below:

- Give the term for the state of the cell it has acquired.
- Name the structure which acts as a selectively permeable membrane.
- Comment on the nature (tonicity) of the liquid surrounding the cell.
- Name any one feature of this plant cell which is not present in an animal cell.
- Redraw in the space provided, the diagram of the cell if it is soon placed in ordinary water for some time.
Distinguish between the following:
Flaccid condition and turgid condition
Give Technical Term for the following.
The pressure exerted by cell contents on a plant cell wall.
Name the following:
The condition in which the contents of a cell exert pressure against the cell wall making it distended.
