Question

What will happen to a plant cell if it is kept in a hypertonic solution

Answer 1

Answer:

If a plant cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, the plant cell loses water and hence turgor pressure by plasmolysis: pressure decreases to the point where the protoplasm of the cell peels away from the cell wall, leaving gaps between the cell wall and the membrane and making the plant cell shrink and crumple.

Answer 2

Answer:

Plasmolysis is a process in which protoplasm loses water, shrinks and cell membrane detaches from the cell wall when a cell is kept in a hypertonic solution. In boiled plant tissue, the cell wall disintegrates. Hence, plasmolysis does nor occur in such tissue.