A person wanted the plants in his garden to look shiny and bright, so coated them with oil. Do you think it is helpful to the plant ?

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No, this treatment is harmful to plant. It is because oil coating will block the sunlight and leaves will not be able to trap sunlight. Thus, photosynthesis will stop and ultimately the leaves will die. When the leaves are gone, plant will not be able to survive and it will also die.

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On a Sunday morning Paheli’s friend visited her home. She
wanted to see some flowering plants in the nearby garden.
Both of them went to the garden. While returning from the
garden they also observed some flowering plants on the road
side. But to their surprise they found that the leaves and flowers of these roadside plants were comparatively very dull. Can you help them to know why?

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