EBK BIOLOGY
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ISBN: 8220102797376
Author: BROOKER
Publisher: YUZU
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Chapter 36, Problem 7TY
Thigmotropism is a plant response to
- a. light.
- b. cold.
- c. touch.
- d. gravity.
- e. drought.
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