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प्रश्न
Root hairs become flaccid, when fertilizers are added to the moist soil around it. Explain.
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उत्तर
When fertilizers are added to the moist soil around it, it will form hypertonic solution, resulting the protoplasm to shrink and plasma membrane withdraw itself from the cell wall. Hence, the root hairs also become limp or flaccid.
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