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Plant Growth and Development
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Typical growth curve in plants is 

  • sigmoid

  • linear

  • stair-steps shaped

  • parabolic

Answer

A.

sigmoid

Sigmoid curve shows the growth in plants. It contains three phases:
(i) Lag phase (initial phase)
(ii) Log phase (exponential phase)
(iii) Steady phase (stationary phase)

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