What is Plasmolysis?

When plant cells are placed in a hypertonic solution, water flows out of the cells and into the surrounding fluid due to osmosis.

Plasmolysis is the process of shrinkage or contraction of the cell contents away from the cell wall when a living plant cell loses water through osmosis. The process of plasmolysis does not occur in dead cells.

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Updated on: 10-Oct-2022

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