HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
PLANT BIOLOGY
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Question
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WHAT EXTRA FEATURES DOES DROSERA PLANT CONTAIN
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BLADDER LIKE STRUCTURES
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NECTAR
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TENTACLES
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LEAF BLADES
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -These plants have adapted to soils with high moisture and low nitrogen levels by attracting, capturing and digesting insects. Sundews have sticky traps, with ‘tentacles’ (trichomes) with glandular heads. These heads contain glandular cells that produce a sticky mucilage.
Detailed explanation-2: -The glands of the tentacles secrete a sticky mucilage that lures insects and holds them tight.
Detailed explanation-3: -Bending of tentacles in Drosera is thigmonasty.
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