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Regulation of stomatal opening - class-XII
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Loss of $k^{+}ions$ causes ......... of turgidity of guard cell.
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Decreases
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Loss of $k^{+} ions$ decreases the osmotic concentration of guard cells as compared to adjacent epidermal cells. This causes exosmosis and hence turgidity of guard cells decreases.