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Question
Give suitable biological reasons for the following statement:
Root hairs become flaccid and droop when excess fertilizers are added to the moist soil around them.
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Solution
Due to excessive application of fertilizers in the agricultural fields it damage the roots by plasmolysis process which results into flaccidity of root hairs.
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