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The stem of young herbaceous plants are kept upright mainly by ____________

The stem of young herbaceous plants are kept upright mainly by ____________
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  • A Osmotic pressure
  • B Turgidity
  • C Transpiration pull
  • D Root pressure
Correct Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Turgor pressure is a hydrostatic pressure that develops within a walled cell, sach as a plant cell, when the osmotic pressure of the cell's contents is greater than the osmotic pressure of the surrounding fluid. This explains the turgidity that accounts for the main support in nonwoody (herbaceous) plants

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