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

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When a plant cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, water moves out, first from cytoplasm and then from vacuole. Cell membrane shrinks away from the cell wall (This process is known as plasmolysis).


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