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January 15, 2025, 3:58pm
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Guttation in Cauliflower plant.
Place: Cherukkad, KozhikodeGuttation is the exudation of drops of xylem and phloem sap on the tips or edges of leaves of some vascular plants.
Guttation is the exudation of drops of xylem and phloem sap on the tips or edges of leaves of some vascular plants, such as grasses, and also a number of fungi. Ancient Latin gutta means "a drop of fluid", whence modern botany formed the word guttation to designate that a plant exudes drops of fluid onto the outer surface of the plant, when the source of the fluid is inside the plant. Guttation happens in a variety of plant species.
At night, transpiration usually does not occur, because most pl...
Guttation observed in Cauliflower plant.
Guttation observed in Cauliflower plant.
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