HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Thigmotropism describes plant growth in response to touch or contact with a solid object. Positive thigmostropism is demonstrated by climbing plants or vines, which have specialized structures called tendrils. A tendril is a thread-like appendage used for twinning around solid structures.

Detailed explanation-2: -This process is called thigmotropism or sometimes haptotropism. The prefix thigmo-means touch, so it refers to the stimulus itself. The prefix hapto-means to fasten, descriptively illustrating the action that the plant takes in wrapping around and fastening itself to another object.

Detailed explanation-3: -Key Points. When subjected to constant directional pressure, such as a trellis, plants move to grow around the object providing the pressure; this process is known as thigmotropism. Thigmonastic responses include opening and closing leaves, petals, or other parts of the plant as a reaction to touch.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vines display another kind of tropism known as thigmotropism, meaning they respond to touch.

Detailed explanation-5: -An example of thigmotropism is the coiling movement of tendrils in the direction of an object that it touches. On the other hand, the folding movement of the Mimosa pudica leaflets, can be considered as an example of thigmonastism.