Question

Plant parts show two types of movements, one dependent on growth and the other independent of growth. Give one example of the movement in plant parts :
(b) which does not depend on growth.

Answer 1

●An example of the movement of plants not associated with growth is the touching of leaves of a sensitive plant that is Mimosa pudica.
●The folding up of the leaves of a sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica) on touching is an example of nastic movement.
●The stimulus for this type of non-growth movement is touch.