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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.
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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