Question

What will happen when
(a) turgor pressure is more than the wall pressure?
(b) turgor pressure is less than the wall pressure?​

Answer 1

Question :

What will happen when

(a) turgor pressure is more than the wall pressure?

(b) turgor pressure is less than the wall pressure?

Answer :

(a) The turgor pressure is regulated by the process of osmosis which allows the water to insert inside the cell and this causes the cell to expand. Due to the expansion of the cell, it creates a pressure on the cell wall and when the turgor pressure is higher than the pressure of the cell wall causes the cell to burst.

(b) Turgidity helps the plant to stay upright. If the cell loses turgor pressure, the cell becomes flaccid resulting in the wilting of the plant.

More to know :

Turgor Pressure - Pressure applied by the cell content against the cell wall. It helps in the growth of cell. It is a kind of hydrostatic pressure. The turgor pressure of a cell increases when kept in hypotonic solution because it causes osmosis of solvent into the cell.

Wall Pressure - It is a kind of pressure applied to the cell content by the cell wall. It helps the cell not to wilt. Also, it keeps the cell content together.

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