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Who had said that ''transpiration is a necessary evil''?
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Who had said that ''transpiration is a necessary evil''?

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Curtis

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Steward

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Andersen

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J.C. Bose

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Transpiration may be regarded as beneficial to the plants due to its role in ascent of sap, absorption and translocation of mineral salts and in the regulation of temperature of plant tissues. But transpiration also causes loss of water unnecessarily, therefore Curtis called transpiration a necessary evil.
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Who had said that ''transpiration is a necessary evil''?
TopicTransport in Plants
SubjectBiology
ClassClass 11
Answer TypeText solution:1
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