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Turgor pressure or turgidity is the main pressure of the cell contents against the cell wall in plant cells and bacteria cells, determined by the water content of the vacuole, resulting from osmotic pressure, i.e. the hydrostatic pressure produced by a solution in a space divided by a semipermeable membrane due to a differential in the concentration of solute. Turgid plant cells contain more water than flaccid cells and exert a greater osmotic pressure on its cell walls.
Turgor pressure is a force exerted outward on a plant cell wall by the water contained in the cell. This force gives the plant rigidity, and may help to keep it erect. Turgor pressure may also result in the bursting of a cell.
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Wilting
"Plants wilt not only when they lose water through evaporation but also when they are surrounded by an aqueous solution of common salt, potassium chloride, magnesium chloride, sugar or other substance, if the solution is of higher osmotic pressure, whereas they do not wilt if the osmotic pressure is lower."[1]
See also
- Cell wall
- Osmotic pressure
- Osmosis
- Wilting
Bulliform cell
References
- Campbell, N. A., Reece, J. B. Biology: Sixth Edition; Benjamin Cummings: New York, NY, 2002; Vol. 1.
External links
- Osmotic pressure
- How do non woody plants stay upright?
- NetLogo Turgor simulation for educational use (Java Applet for fast PCs)
- NetLogo Turgor simulation for educational use (Java Applet, runs fast also on slow PCs)
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