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A plant that is wilting is wilting because of deplasmolysis? or decreased turgor?

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 Hi Miranda
Plants wilt due to water loss through osmosis. A loss of turgor pressure does occur during wilting. Plasmolysis is the pulling away of the plane cell membrane from the cell wall due to water loss. I am not acquainted with the term deplasmolysis.

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