Coiling of garden pea tendrils around any support is an example of

Thigmotaxis

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Thigmonasty

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Thigmotropism

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Thermotaxis

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The correct option is C Thigmotropism
Thigmotropism is the movement due to contact with a foreign body. In twinners and lianas, there is less growth on the side of contact and more growth on the branch away from the contact. Coiling of garden pea tendrils around any support is an example of thigmotropism.

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Coiling of garden pea tendrils around any support is an example of:

The climbing organs of plants like tendrils grow towards any support which they happen to touch and wind around the support. This is an example of :

(a) chemotropism

(b) nastic movement

(d) geotropism

How do auxins promote growth of tendrils around a support?

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