2006-06-10 14:08:34 · 9 answers · asked by Khanin 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
DUE TO LOSS OF TURGOR PRESSURE
2006-06-11 07:12:58 · answer #1 · answered by dincpurple 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mimosa pudica (Touch-me-not) is well known for its rapid plant movement. In the evening the leaflets will fold together and the whole leaf droops downward. It then re-opens at sunrise. The leaves also close up under various other stimuli, such as touching, warming, or shaking.
The movement is caused by "a rapid loss of pressure in strategically situated cells that cause the leaves to droop right before one’s eyes".
2006-06-10 21:14:55 · answer #2 · answered by Carbon-based 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cause is a loss of turgor pressure. The movement is caused by "a rapid loss of pressure in strategically situated cells that cause the leaves to droop right before one’s eyes"
2006-06-10 21:18:40 · answer #3 · answered by not_myday 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in plants there are 3 kinds of movement
1. towards stimuli
2.against stimuli
3.neither towards nor away from stim,uli..this kind of movements is called nastic movements.
the movement of the leaves of touch-me-not plant is a nastic movement!
it is just a response to the stimuli (touch),jus how we move our hands away from a hot object!
2006-06-11 02:51:25 · answer #4 · answered by asdfgf;lkjhj 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats natural for them there is a small fern like plant that dones the same thing.
2006-06-11 08:17:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well.... lets think does the name "touch me not" give u a lil hint?
2006-06-10 21:14:25 · answer #6 · answered by jonathan_pimp_playa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One name for this effect is "thigmotropism."
2006-06-13 21:55:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is their way of response to stimuli
2006-06-13 05:28:29 · answer #8 · answered by nora 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
TURGOR PRESSURE LOSE.
2006-06-13 10:39:14 · answer #9 · answered by Suji 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋