Why do the tendrils of the climbers grow around the hard support?

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they climb over other plants to reach sunlight without wasting energy on growing their own self-supporting shoots.

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What are tendrils? How do auxins promote the growth of a tendril around a support? Explain in simple words.

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How do auxins promote the growth of a tendril around a support?

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

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