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What gives turgidity to plant cells

Dear Student, Vacuole is the cell organelle that maintains the turgidity and rigidity of the plant cell. The solution of the vacuole is different from the solution of cytoplasm since it contains stored food, waste material and enzymes. Plant cells always have a strong cell wall surrounding them. When the take up water by osmosis they start to swell, but the cell wall prevents them from bursting. Plant cells become "turgid" when they are put in dilute solutions. Turgid means swollen and hard. The pressure inside the cell rises, eventually the internal pressure of the cell is so high that no more water can enter the cell. This liquid or hydrostatic pressure works against osmosis. Turgidity is very important to plants because this is what make the green parts of the plant "stand up" into the sunlight. Regards

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The pressure exerted by a osmotic flow of water is known as turgidity.
Turgidity in the plant cell is possible by the presence of the cell wall and osmoregulatory function of the vocuole.
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Dear Student,

Turgidity in plants is made possible by the presence of the cell wall and the osmoregulatory function of the vacuole. The cell wall protects the cell from cell lysis due to high water influx while the vacuole regulates solute concentration to incite the osmotic movement of water into and out of the cell.

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Dear student,

Turgidity is maximum amount of water which a cell can retain.

We know that plant cell has large vacuoles which help it to retain water as vacuoles can store excessive water. Cell wall also retain water as it has a rigid structure which does not allow water to get out of the cell.

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