explain giving reasons the bending of shoot tip of a plant towards light source coming from one side of a plant
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The reason for the bending of the shoot tip of a plant towards light source coming from one side of the plant is due to a phenomenon called positive phototropism during which plant shoots rearrange their chloroplasts in the leaves to maximize photosynthetic energy obtained in order to promote growth.
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Phototropism
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- When developing plant shoot tip recognizes light a hormone called auxin is combined in the shoot tip which is sensitive to light
- Auxin diffuses towards the shady side of the stem
- It stimulates the growth of cells on the shady side of the plant which causes binding of the plant the other side
- This gives the appearance that the stem of the plant bend direction of light
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