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Give biological explanations for Plants growing in fertilized soil are often found to wilt if the soil is not adequately watered.
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Solution
Plants growing in fertilized soil are often formed to wilt if the soil is not adequately watered because of flaccidity or a decrease in turgor pressure exerted by the absorbed water on the cell wall of plants.
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