Which of the following statements regarding plants' ability to sense their environment is not true?

A. Photoreceptors allow plants to sense light
availability.
B. Plants have chemical receptors that allow
them to detect and respond to chemical
gradients.
C. Plants have mechanical receptors that
allow them to sense the Earth's gravitational
field.
D. Plants contain touch-sensitive genes that
allow them to respond to wind.
E. Plants have difficulty detecting
temperature and so, rely on light
wavelengths.


E

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