The process by which plants lose water in the form of liquid from hydathodes is: MCQ with Answer and Explanation

The process by which plants lose water in the form of liquid from hydathodes is:
A. Guttation
B. Bleeding
C. Transpiration
D. Evaporation
Answer: Option A
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
Guttation is the exudation of water droplets containing dissolved minerals from hydathodes at leaf margins, driven by root pressure when transpiration is low. Transpiration is vapor loss, bleeding is sap from cut tissue.

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