A pupil accidentally “watered” a potted plant with concentrated salt solution after sometime the plant began to wilt.
The wilting of the plant is due to the fact that
- the root hair die off and can no longer absorb water
- the salt solution causes faster rate of transpiration leading to the death of the plant cell
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the salt solution has caused water lost from the plant cell leading to loss of turgor
- the plant tissue has been poisoned by the salt which is absorbed by the plant