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What does guttation mean?

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Noun
  1. (botany) The exudation of drops of water from the leaves of some vascular plants as a result of root pressure.
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Thus, an exposure of honey bee colonies to neonicotinoids dissolved in guttation fluids of seed treated sugar beet is very unlikely.
Increasing air circulation and lowering humidity will help in controlling guttation as well.
Many plants undergo a process of guttation at night to force out drops of excess water through special pores on their leaf edges and tips.
The exit of this xylem water, termed guttation, results in the formation of small droplets in the vicinity of the hydathodes.
The classic example of guttation is droplets at the tip of grass leaves in the morning.
Of particular interest is the fact that the variation in color of guttation fluids caused by the presence of different species of fungi therein provides a useful tool for taxonomic classification of certain fungi.

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