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Question
Which of the following is a growth movement and which is not?
- Folding up of leaves of sensitive plant on touching with hand.
- Folding up of petals of dandelion flower when light fades.
Solution
Neither of them are growth movement. They are nastic movements.
- This is a thigmonastic movement.
- This is a photonastic movement.
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