what makes the plant(tamil-tottasinunghi)to shrink when it is touched?
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This question is miscategorized.\n\nSpecial Education refers to the education and parenting of children with special needs.
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It is Hyophorbe. Last known plant is cultivated in the Curepipe Botanical Garden, Mauritius.\nSee IUCN Red List entry for full details (link)
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since water likes to travel from an area of higher concentration to lower concentration, the cells of a plant living in mostly salt will have very little water.  the cell of this plant will appear more thin and streamlined as they are not puffed up by the additional water.
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The plant gets it's name from the flowers which hang down from the stems.  They are shaped like a heart with a drop from the bottom of the heart.
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Be careful with bamboo, that stuff is hard to get rid of once its going.  I suggest keeping it in a pot of possible.
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your muscle is shrinking because of lack of use or because of disease.
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Yes, any exercise that can loosen muscles helps to prevent "shrinking" and may even promote growth.  Shrinkage can be caused by compacted cartilage and/or gravity. If your muscles are tense it aides gravity in compacting your spine and joints. By stretching (doing yoga) your spine, joints, and muscles are relaxed and does not compact your body and may allow your body to expand. This is the same reason why you are taller in the morning than in the evening. When you are lying down gravity is not impacting you body in the same way as when you are standing, your relaxed body is allowed to expand.
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that may just be for the beginning of it's growth eventually it will stop growing because of lack of sunlight and it may be that the sun is drying up the water in the other plant in the sun
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The skin deveolpes from the mesocarp of the fruit.  Not all biological features have a necssary function but I think in this case it will help keep the nut from drying out.
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Quite the opposite actually.  It shrinks down there.
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By crowding the root system it limits the size and health of the plant
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These answers are taken drectly from the listed link.  \n\nIn animal cells, being in a hypertonic environment results in crenation, where the shape of the cell becomes distorted and wrinkled as water leaves the cell. \n\nPlants thrive in hypotonic environments. Their cells have rigid cell walls that prevent bursting. In fact, the pressure of the cytoplasm against the cell wall keeps the plant from wilting and losing its shape.
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The two most likely scenarios are a) You are not watering enough so it is drying up. B) You've overwatered, this causes the roots to rot, the tree cannot take up any more water since the roots are dead, hence it dries up and looks as if its been underwatered.
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(if you need this for homework, please rewrite it in a coherent way!)\nThe plants that live in xeric (=dry) environments are called xerophytes and have many adaptations that help reduce water loss. Basically these include mechanisms for 1) reducing body surface (because evaporation/transpiration is directly proportional to body surface) and 2) reinforcing their "skin" to make it less permeable.\n\nAdaptations tending to 1) include:\n- Small and thick or absent leaves, may be transformed into spines; they photosinthesize with their stems (such as cacti)\n- Short, stumpy shape; rounded stems.\n\nAdaptations tending to 2) include:\n- Leaves with multilayered epidermis and a thick waxy cover (waterproof)\n- Leaves may be covered with hairs.\n- Small stomata, situated in recessed crypts\n- Some have the stomata open only during the nighttime (CAM metabolism)
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It is a weed.  It is that weed that is sticky, and spindley.When you try to pull it, it has a single, long taproot that breaks off easily, with a milky substance oozing out of the plant or root when broken.
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Transpiration pull, root pressure, etc. Root pressure occurs because water cannot pass back out of a root once it has been absorbed because of the Casparian strip. Therefore, the water has nowhere to go but up the xylem, so water is always there (unless there is a very long, severe drought and the plant dies). Transpiration is the evaporation of H2O through the leaves. When  cells in the leaves are low on water, they pull it in from other cells by osmosis. Then those cells pull in water, and the process continues. When it gets to the vein in a leaf, all the water is pulled out, so it draws water from the xylem, and causes more water to be pulled up. This is called transpiration pull and contributes to keeping water in the xylem.
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The trees have to be protected from a serious fungal infection called `Koleroga' or fruit rot and it can be prevented by using some eco-friendly strategies.It is spread by  the fungus Phytophthora palmivora.Remove and burn all fallen and infected nuts.Plant resistent varieties like Mangala, Sumangala, Sreemangala and Mohitnagar.Select sites with deep well drained soil without high water table. Provide adequate irrigation facilities.Sow selected seed nuts soon after harvest in nursery bed with stalk-end up and with a spacing of 5-6 cm. Cover the seed nuts with sand and irrigate daily.Transplant 90 day old sprouts having 2-3 leaves to the secondary nursery. Prepare secondary nursery beds of 150 cm width and of convenient length. Apply cattle manure @ 5 t/ha as basal dose. Transplant sprouts at a spacing of 30 x 30 cm. Provide shade by growing banana, Coccinia indica etc or by means of artificial pandal. Plant banana in advance at a spacing of 2.7 x 3.6 m when it is grown as a shade crop. Provide irrigation during hot and dry periods and drainage during monsoon. Periodical weeding and mulching are necessary.Spray Bordeaux mixture 1% on all bunches three times in a year, one just before the onset of southwest monsoon and the rest at 40 days intervals. If monsoon season is prolonged give a third spray. Use rosin soda adhesive to ensure tenacity of the spray deposit on treated substrate. Remove and burn all fallen and infected nuts.