Grass plants elevate their leaves to compete for light without exposing their shoot apical meristems to grazing animals by:O growing their leaves from persistent meristematic zones at the leaf base.never elévating the shoot apical meristem.using axillary meristems to proctce leaves.O inducing protein inhibitors through the jasmonic acid response

1. growing their leaves from persistent Meristematic zones at the leaf base.

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Grass plants elevate their leaves to compete for light without exposing their shoot apical meristems to grazing animals by:
O growing their leaves from persistent meristematic zones at the leaf base.
never elévating the shoot apical meristem.
using axillary meristems to proctce leaves.
O inducing protein inhibitors through the jasmonic acid response

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