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What happens when plants wither ?
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Answer:
they lose there chlorophyll and are not able to produce any food
When a plant withers, the leaves become flaccid and pliable, and lose chlorophyll.
Explanation:
Withering diminishes the plant's ability to grow, sometimes lead to the death of the plant. Withering is the loss of rigidity of non-woody parts of plants, like a leaf. A plant wilts when the rate of loss of water from the plant is greater than the absorption of water in the plant.
As a result of the diminished level of water in the cells, the leaf loses its stiffness and so the leaves become flaccid and pliable. This reduces water loss as the surface area exposed to the sun is reduced. The amount of chlorophyll on the leaf diminishes.
However, plants can wither not only due to drought and heat, sometimes soil conditions, water salinity, bacteria/fungi also cause withering.