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Question
Give biological explanations for Plants growing in fertilized soil are often found to wilt if the soil is not adequately watered.
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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