Navya is a high school biology student who recently visited a local farm as part of a school project. She observed water droplets on the leaves of certain plants early in the morning as shown in the figure.

(a) Name the process observed.

(b) Explain the process mentioned in (a).

(c) Give the reason for the occurrence of the above-mentioned process.

(a) Guttation

(b) Guttation is the process by which water droplets are exuded from the edges or tips of leaves through special pores called hydathodes, usually during the early morning or at night.

(c) Guttation occurs when root pressure is high and transpiration is low, especially at night, pushing out extra water through special pores called hydathodes.